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Bely laughs for all! Has become a tradition!

(1996 Director: Ron Hward) NEVER SAW a better kidnapping film! WOw! Robert Patrick as the villain....awesome role!! Mel Gibson very believable in this role as a parent desperate to save the life of his kidnapped daughter being held for ransom. Mom (Rene Russo) is hysterical and torn between believing her husband's instincts and following the cautious instructions given by FBI agents leading the kidnapping investigation.

(MAY 1997 DIRECTOR LUC BESSON)
COULD HARDLY BE FUNNIER!! CRAZY, WILD, FUTURISTIC LOOK @ LIFESTYLE IN THE FUTURE.......COMMERCIALISM STILL IN FULL FORCE!

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Check out Gary Oldham's explanation of the lastest intergallactic weapon (he is selling)

GREAT PERFORMANCES BY BRUCE WILLIS AND "THE 5TH ELEMENT" AKA MILLA JOVOVICH....CHRIS TUCKER MAKES THE FUTURE "ROCK"!!

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MUST SEE!!

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(2003 Director: Nancy Meyers) Perhaps it was the direction that makes this film such a fragile but successful true-to-life picture portrait of the anxiety between the sexes..and ages! The gorgeous Amande Peet plays the daughter of successful broadway playwright Erica Barry (Diane Keaton). Amanda brings her "date" (Jack Nicholson) up to her mother"s lovely seaside estate for the weekend thinking Mom is away. Cannot believe I forgot to review this movie!! MUST SEE!! Funny tho serious themes....love across the generations. Equally funny Francis McDermond offers a wonderful performance as Erica Barry (Diane Keaton)'s wry, free-spriited & engaging sister!! Of course Keanu Reeves as a young talented doctor is not to be missed!! Great rapport between Nicholson & Keaton..some moments are priceless

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(Feb. 2007 Director: Olivier Dahan) This movie touched me in the old style very very Charlie Chaplain kind of way...not exactly a musical..although rich and demonstrative of the times it is set in....

Gerard Deparieu (Cyrano, The Man in the Iron Mask & the Count of Monte Cristo) as Daddy De L'Eppe..who was a savior truly a saviour to little near orphan Edith, now Edith Piaf (Marion Coutillard). I am almost ashamed to have waited to see this on Netflix online as an "instant play," but it moved me so on this late Saturday night..I feel I myself this woman's life story is an inspiration to go on--no matter what obstacle or loss! This mighty little woman with the big voice & incredible big violet blue eyes...went from singing with her circus performing Dad on the streets (begging) passing through a deep albeit life-long friendship with another runaway gal (portrayed by Elisabeth Commelin) and ultimately to arrive in demand commanding the talents of many refined & talented along the way.....

St. Theresa is to whom little Edith prays as a small child...and she even has visions regarding this spiritual connection.

Craig's & Badblondie's reviews definitely made this sound like a must-see! And they were oooohh soooooo right!

Sad...heart rendering story of an amazing life, born a deprived child, shuffled back and forth between Dad & Grandma (who ran a brothel where she was truly loved, however), back with dad...rather sickly in her youth.

A tiny frame with such a large spirit & love of the cabaret night life & camaraderie as a common person who was destined for fame despite her obstacles.

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(2005 Director: Peter Hyams) Based on a short story written by Ray Bradbuy [Sci fi]

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Wow! You gotta see this one! If just for the concept of future time travel...don't let that BORE YOU ALREADY!!! It features none other than the great Ben Kingsley as MC & salesman of this new concept (Great perspective on the graft of sales...Hey I sell too!! LOL)....and great special effects....this movie has great twists~! Innovative~! [no found video clip available] BUT A WORTH SEE!! I predict it COULD become a cult classic~~

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This film is stunning and on my "Must See" list because:
a) Incredible acting
b) Futuristic look at our pious & better than thou attitude biting us in the butt!
c) Yet another reminder that human nature will remain human nature EVEN
in the future AS it is in the present and was in the past!
d) somehow we think we can outthink ourselves??!#@

This film takes us into some awesome mental/psyche levels of thought as do the following films which I consider also before their time:

Movie Recommendation Issue(s) Dealt With

Equillibrium ( A society medicated?? )
Planet of the Apes (the original) (Time Travel/Evolution)
Minority Report (Will we undo ourselves thru our scientific endeavors??)
The 6th Day
The Matrix (How far is too far? Trust?)
Blindness (Human Nature/Disaster-biological/Preparedness)
The Island (Future Science-Cloning, Trust)
Wall-E (Ecology/Health)
Lost in Space (Ecology)
Dune (Intergalactic war over ?)

Perhaps it is not clear what each of these movies + Minority Report have in common? They have a theme of either futuristic or no foresight or reaping the results of our gluttony + failure to plan ahead!! Some of them address man vs. machines
FEEL FREE TO ADD YOUR OWN FAVORITES TO THIS LIST I'M STARTING!!

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(1998 Director: Stephen Sommers) Among my son & my personal mutual favorite! Thrills, plot twists, and humor combined! Treat Williams & Keven J O'Connor charter a boat for hire into the middle of nowhere...big mistake!! West Studi co-stars. Smal role by Dijimon Hounsou & Trevor Goddard (Kano from Mortal Combat)

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The late Trevor Goddard has a supporting role as one of the armed hijackers who take over an ocean liner....Recognize female lead Famke Janssen (X-Men's Dr. Jean Gray)

(1999 Director: Francois Girard) Had been looking forward to this one--and it was not a dissappointment! Story follows the "life" of this red violin created as a masterpiece by Niccolo Brazzolo in 1683! Tragic storyline. This violin survives incredible changes in the times since it was made--Renaissance thru Chairman Mao obtaining power in China! My son already wants to study violin.....a red Stratavaious!? I AM UNSURE WHICH ACTORS' PERFORMANCES I ENJOYED THE MOST! DO RENT/BUY THIS ONE & PLEASE SHARE IT! Samuel L. Jackson is I believe something of his true self in this one!

A toast..."Rose-lipped maidens, light-footed lads." (1985 Direector: Sydney Pollack) Ever tried Kenyan coffee? It is superb--the flavor of an expresso but without the harshness....The new Baroness & Baron Von Blitzen move to Kenya, friends marrying for "convenience" & begin a coffee plantation...a 3-4year cash crop...[Dialogue between the young couple: Baron: "I didn't buy cattle. We are growing to grow coffee." Baroness" "That's not what we planned..." This serious dispute begins a rocky marriage between long-time friends!!]

Klaus Maria Brandauer

About the best film I have ever seen!! Some amazing quotes, perhaps the most famous of which are: "I once had a farm in Africa..."

Karen (the Baroness Blixen-Meryl Streep) is Danish and an incredible storyteller... Her life in Kenya is rich with wonderful stories...and naturally her marriage to her good friend the Swedish Baron Blixen (Klaus Maria Blandauer aka "her lover's brother") is doomed to fail....but her life...ooooohhh her life in Kenya proves to be rich with experiences..
MERYL STREEP & ROBERT REDFORD...AHHH THEY COULD TEACH HOW TO ACT!! Here's a movie to watch again and again...and I will always cry....more sensitive portrayal of love (and necessity-syphillis) than almost any I have seen! Redford and Streep! WOW!!! Her first storytelling was begun by Denys with, "There was a wandering Chinese named Chen Wong livng in my house and a girl named Shirley...... Chen Wong lived alone in a room on Hermosa St. He looked out his window, and in his poor, listening heart he could...." Movie is based on a true story published under the pen name of Isak Dinese. http://as.starware.com/

."Does she have money..of course she has money....I will have to accuse you of something... [on divorce]"

"When the Gods wish to banish you, they grant your prayer."

"You've ruined it for me. Ruined what? Being alone."

The Baroness Blixen gets to the heart of matters & seemingly falls in love with this country and its peoples (with the setting 1913 & at the start of WW I in Kenya near Nairobi, Kenya "near the foot of the Mtsn" at a time when the British in Kenyan are not quite yet a "colony & the motor car is a brand new invention). So much she loves these peoples she wishes to start a school for the Kenyan [Kukuyo children, something which true to the times meets with great opposition from some of the other British colonizing the region.

"What did the Chief say?" "He says this Kukuyo can do this work."

Movie is based on a true story published under the pen name of Isak Dinese. http://as.starware.com/

(June 2005 director Pierre Salvadori) Just saw this- have read NO reviews on it! Apres Vous means "After You!" French movie w/ English subtitles! MUCH FUNNIER THAN PINK PANTHER FOR EXAMPLE!! (Garcon) Antoine stumbles upon a man as he is hanging himself (Louis) Attempts to free him from his demons....over a lost love! Great restaurant scenes! Surprising lots of laughs! Good acting!! IN SPOKEN FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES To tell you much more would be to give away the plot...much time is spent in this film in a florist shop!! LOL

(2003 Director: Caroline Hicks)

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Wow!!! German language authentic portrayal of what people have to do to stay alive!! Sensitive, alluring, but still true to the miseries of World War II (WWII)!! THIS MOVIE IS 5 STARS & IN ALL OF MY TOP FAVORITE LISTS BECAUSE IT IS MY FAVORITE@@ He loves her; he loves her not; he ..HE LOVES her!!

xmlns:font-size="font-size" xmlns:text-align="text-align">(1991 Director: John Avnet) Going tonight to see this...ahhh. Elvira's favorite!! KEEP THE KLEENEX HANDY! Well with a good friend saw this one at a twice per year womens Christian group DINNER & A MOVIE NITE! GRAND IDEA. wonderful movie depicts the peaceful country life...with of course its rotten apples!! it is the heartwarming story of friendships & fates! Amen, Sister!! T - I - W - A - N - D -A

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(2006 Director: Edward Zwick) This motion picture reaches toward social conscience in this study of the oppressive civil conflicts within parts of Africa and the diamond trade as it is set in the 1990's during the brutal Sierra Leone civil war. Jennifer Connelly portrays a genuinely spirited American journalist, Maddy Bowen, driven to get her story...pursuing Leonard DiCaprio who plays Danny Archer, a S. African mercenary born in S. Africa. Yes this deals with the civil war factions within S. Africa and the terrible toll this is wreaking on family structures as pre-teens are kidnapped and forced to join gangs which recruit more "labor" for the diamond trade. This is another film where Djimon Hounsou (Gladiator, Deep Rising) stole the show as the empassioned father captured into slavery mining for diamonds in Sierra Leone. Hounsou earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor:

DiCaprio earned both an Academy Award nomination + a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama). Zwick's direction moves at a fast pace and the brutality and cruelty of the S. Africans toward their own peoples will not be easy to watch. Extreme violence.

(1999 Director: Lasse Hallstrom) As a fan of Michael Cain, let me say this is one of his finer performances. Seeing it again replayed on TV reminded me just what a lovely portrait of rural America this film is AND why it deserves 5 stars. Dr. Larch (Michael Caine) nightly says tenderly to the children in his orphanage "Good night Princes of * Kings of New England. Charlize Theron co-stars. Her father is a lobsterman & she meets Homer (Toby Maguire) when she visits the institution run by Michael Cain to have an illegal (at that time) abortion of her unplanned fetus. Dr. Larch is Maguire's mentor and father figure since Toby was orphaned at brith because of a slight heart defect. Charlize's boyfriend is an Air Force Lieutenant who volunteered into the USAF. The three become great friends in this small community.

Besides fishing, the apple orchard is a dominant business in this locale. There are subplots deeper than it would appear on the surface, including the sharecropper black helpers at the apple orchard portrayed by Michael Fishburn and Erykah Badu, who cannot read but is full of life and joy. Forced to share a humble wood barracks-like housing with all male co-workers, she is a bright light to her father (Michael Fishburn). This cluster of folks cannot read the "Cidar House Rules" posted on the wall of their humble abode. When Toby decides to take a job picking apples and shares a bunk, he enters their world (to be continued)

(2006 Director: Steve Zaillian) It is possible to say too much about a movie, in that spirit, see this one for Sean Penn's (Best Actor-MILK) passion (borderline megalomania), & Anthony Hopkins (Silence of the Lambs) portrayinjg a distinguished retired Southern Judge & incredibly cute Jude Law (Closer, The Holiday) who lost his accent & donned a Southern accent for this flick. Penn plays a state senator who rides a longshot into office as Governor--a man who has foresight & vision into what destiny he sees for his home state. Impassioned but never dull..All the King;s Men is a wonderful showcase for these seasoned actors. None of these men were ever better...as good perhaps but never BETTER! Anthony Hopkins? Well, his career has been soo diverse as to have included a role as Paul (Saul of Tarsus) which he brought depth and character to like none other.

At the 2009 Academy Awards
The introductions of the actors nominations for Best Actor Oscar were incredible this year!!

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ACTION!! ! If you missed this 1996 movie DO YOURSELF A FAVOR & SEE IT! It might shake you up--while still entertaining you! Geena Davis & Samuel L. Jackson GREAT performances.(IGNORE TOM KEOGH'S RUDE REVIEW! HE'S SO WRONG!!)..Spy Trainer Wally (Brian Cox of The Bourne Identity, Troy-King) co-stars! ORIGINAL!! What twists and turns this movie takes??!! And Samuel L. Jaclson aka Frank & Ernest!! LOL Tender, heartfelt, spy INCREDIBLE THRILLER!!! This is in the top 10 of both mine and my son's favorites!! GO GINA!! You could call her the amnesiac ice skating spy on the lam

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(2002 Diector: Adrian Lyne) Outstanding performances by Richard Gere and Diane Lane & the awesomely sexy Olivier Martinez. Also the then relatively unknown Michelle Monaghan in a supporting role. Story of a passionate affair that happened quite by accident between the happily married suburban Mom & an intriguing stranger "house sitting" a friend's loft and book store business. Beautifully edited. Sobering tale of lust and passions complicating an otherwise superb life. MUST SEE if only for the passion between each of these characters.

Diane Lane & Richard Gere have a superb life. Diane is a wonderful mother of one son (Erik Per Sullivan) who seems happy & well adjusted. Was she looking to complicate her life? No! She has a perchance trip into town....and encounters young, vibrant Olivier who is simply irresistible.

Neither husband nor wife anticipated how much of themselves & their passions they had left behind in relocating into the suburbs....Music, editing, everything is superb in this very very passionate story.......in my TOP 10 FAVORITE FILMS........

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(2006 Director: James Mangold) I grew up on gospel music and in church....I am a HUGE Johnny Cash/June Carter Cash fan...if you have EVER written a song or loved a musician, then PLEASE SEE THIS MOVIE!!! Such a finely done 'true story." Yes...all is NOT roses!!!
ROBERT PATRICK PLAYS JOHNNY CASH'S NOT ENCOURAGING FATHER..
WANNA SEE CASH'S 1ST RECORDING STUDIO ?? (BE PATIENT!!)

Trailer: Walk the Line

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Maybe my second John Cusak flick & now I cannot get enough! What Talent! I am not going to tell you the subect matter! JUST WATCH IT~~ What talent thse 2 actors have (Cusak and Noah Taylor)!!! ARTISTS (Post WW I)

Tremendous movie! Credits to the director on this one! I could watch Bruce Willis & David Morse in these roles again & again (Hey I think I do actually LOL) Honestly, this one took me by surprise. They made a seemingly straight- forward storyline anything but simple! Twists, surprises, fine acting performances!

Best suspense in low budget sci-fi where the woman is heroine!! Go Sigourney Weaver (You've come a long way baby from Ghostbusters!!) also MUST SEE her suspense thriller

(2005 Director: Christophe Barratier) PERHAPS YOU MISSED THIS ONE! A PITY!!
NOT the typical "boys school" movie...Francois Berland adds a note of class to this tres Francais film...which makes one of life's most poignant statements on how we handle God's gift to us of our "wayward chlidren" Never can I say I enjoyed a film more! and in French with subtitles!! Look to this incredible looking Jean-Baptiste Maunier (with the voice of an angel) for a future promising career! Do YOU have a long lost dream? Never too late you know!? This is about making a difference, understated!!

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Top 3 favorite Star Trek movies...this is #1 (both Captains..James T. & Picard!) And Malcolm McDowell as lead villain & Gynen (Whoopi Goldberg)! Awesome story of fantasy "the ribbon" & unlived dreams!! Favorites #2 The Undiscovered Country & #3 The 1970's one [Star Trek IV The Voyage Home] with the humpback whale & their "song" missing in the oceans...

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Trailer: Star Trek Generations

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My 3 favorite lines 1) "If you ever go there, you will never want to come back [referring the the "Nexxus"]...Gynen to Capt. Picard 2)"F*@#!" Spock trying to cuss! 3) "Wait! You had better be iniating a mating ritual!" [Female Clingon leader to McDowell who slaps her! Is this legitimate: More head shots of actors/Characters for Star Trek Movies

http://www.voyager.cz/voyager/dalsipostavy/a-b.htm

Director John McTiernan (February 1992 Release Date)
NOW I CALL THAT SEXY!!! WHEW!! MUST SEE! (As blackdogkennelz quotes from this movie, "He says you should keep your panties on when swimming in the amazon as there is a tiny fish that can swim up your erethra?!")

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Wonderful performances by Elaine Brocco and Sean Connery.....

This movie earns 6 stars out of 5 in my book. Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinner. Introduced me to Greg Kinner who I have not stopped seeing in movies since! turned in a phenominal acting as the gay neighbor who is mugged. Cuba Gooding Jr plays his art agent. HEART- WARMING. MUST SEE. 3 STRANGERS FIND TRUE DEEP FRIENDSHIP IN THE LONELY BIG CITY.

(April 2006, Director Andy Garcia) Andy Garcia, Dustin Hoffman & Bill Murray right away worth seeing...add Cuba's history to this & you have what movies ought to be!! TREMENDOUS IMPACT! Watch it for Andy Garcia's character who has tremendous heart and responsbility in the face of life's most serious events thrown at him! Dustin Hoffman & Bill Murray's performances--off beat but very special in this movie! 6 STARS!! Also check out Modigliani....if you have a passion for painting or the Renaissance..or the arts!

(2004 Director Mike Nichols) ABSOLUTELY 5 STARS! GREAT ACTING, EDITING, STORY, WRITING...Love the music video by Damian Rice (contained inDVD) "The Blower's Daughter"...and the line."...And so it is...It's like you said it would be..no fame no glory..most of the time"

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(2004 Director Michael Nichols) Based on a hit Broadway Play. Passionate performances are stellar in this movie by ALL! I gained new respect for each of these actors. I believed they were torn apart by their passions: Jude Law, Clive Owen, Natalia Portman and Julia Roberts BRAVO!! [SEE VIDEO CLIPS!]

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2004 R-rated (nonviolent) movie stars Omar Sharif(the "Arab" in this film-Arabe/Mahgreb) has taken up residence & is a merchant in France, a shopkeeper who eventually adopts a young Boy Moses (Pierre Boulanger) age 16. Charming, touching (though tragic) story. Beautiful essence!! [if your standards are extremely conservative, there are parts of this movie you might not appreciate] [adult themes]

(1964 Director: David Lynch) How I lLoved reading thiis Frank Herbert SCIENCE FICTION BOOK. 1964 C.A.M.P.Y. low budget B movie is the bomb! I'm loving it! More than half way thru (& trying to complete a semsester of Spanish, Student Intershipsips & endless essays & research & & &...) FUN with a capital F! Whew! Incredibly erotic written by Frank Herbert. There are 5 sequels (books) to the original "Dune" Patrick Stewart is one of his trainers--his comparable martial arts/military weapons coach! You won't recognize him but Kyle MacLachlan plays the young Paul Atriedes (Sex in the City's Charlotte's 1st hubby)!! {"quoting"This Hugo and Nebula Award winner [author Frank Herbert] tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices." Melange is necessary for interstellar travel and grants psychic powers and longevity, so whoever controls it wields great influence. . . The troubles begin when stewardship of Arrakis is transferred by the Emperor from the Harkonnen Noble House to House Atreides. The Harkonnens don't want to give up their privilege, though, and through sabotage and treachery they cast young Duke Paul Atreides out into the planet's harsh environment to die. There he falls in with the Fremen, a tribe of desert dwellers who become the basis of the army with which he will reclaim what's rightfully his. Paul Atreides, though, is far more than just a usurped duke. He might be the end product of a very long-term genetic experiment designed to breed a super human; he might be a messiah. His struggle is at the center of a nexus of powerful people and events, and the repercussions will be felt throughout the Imperium.

Dune is one of the most famous science fiction novels ever written, and deservedly so. The setting is elaborate and ornate, the plot labyrinthine, the adventures exciting. Five sequels follow. --Brooks Peck [ALSO SEE A FRIEND'S REVIEW OF THIS MOVIE (UNDER PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO!) he FORGOT MAX VON SYDOW PHOTO BELOW...see him at his more recent best in Snow Falling on Cedars]

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P.S. HALF OF THE FUN OF THIS MOVIES IS PRECISELY THAT THE SPECIAL EFFECTS SHOW THEIR AGE, GRASSHOPPER!!

(1996 Director: Robert Rodriguez)

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RAW! Truly raw...but lively! Great perforamances by George Clooney and Harvey Keitel (my hearthrob) plays a dissolusioned recently widowed preacher who meets his match! !! The incredibly hot Juliette Lewis as a young teen is outstanding in this opposite a minor perve, hmmmm.. Quenin Tarantino palsy the sick bro!

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nd who might be that NOT Ugly Betty underneath that bare string bikini? con snake albino? Selma H

(20004 Director: Paul Haggis) Both the story & acting combine to have the effect of waking a person up when watching this film.

Plot revolves around the lives of 4 people..and how they intersect. We take so much for granted...I loved the twist where the "rapist" cop ended up saving his "victim," that is so zen!! MUST SEE!!

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(2006 Director: Christian Carlton ) Yes a war movie but told first hand...based on the book by R. de Roussy de Sales but about the first WW I (the "Great War") providng some inside looks at each side of the French & American soldiers fighting....focusing on a particular battlefield the night of Christmas Eve! Lovely Fraulein Diane Kruger (National Treasure & Troy -the lovely Helen..) plays a lovely German opera star whose partners on stage goes off to this war along with MILLIONS of other young strong men...MEMORABLE!! Does not disappoint! French language with English subtitles.

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Great fun..young young John Travolta & Uma Thurman..to name a few!

MUST SEE! Christopher Walken...Bruce Willis..Harvey Keiltel! An orgasm of fine fine hunky actors!!

WHERE & WHEN did YOU see this movie???? Please share your story here!!

It wouldn't hurt to already truly love Robin Williams...but if you don't already, you might after watching this most sensitive journey of travel into adulthood.....and the lessons we learned (or should have learned) and second chances...Fantasy!!

Fasctinating dialogue...between these 2 old friends/colleagues (Wallce Shawn plays a down on his luck writer willing to sit through anything for the possiblity of a great lunch & network contact!)....The one, who had been a director (payed ty an agile if not youthful Andre Gregory) moved me to tears with his across the world search for peace..GRATEFUL to have seen this in my early youth! FIND THE PATIENCE TO SIT THRU THIS TREMENDOUS CHARACTER STUDY (WTIH FOREIGN SUBTITLES!)

Heartwarming....

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(1971 Director: Norman Jewison) "tradition, Tradition!" "You could do worse than marry a butcher. At least you will always eat! But a tailor....ummmmmm" Such are the hardships faced by the peasants This movie speaks of many things...beautifully...in a musical art form! OUTSTANDING!! Where are the credits here on Flixster for the many awards it DID win..and SHOULD have won!?

(1961 Director: Daniel Petrie) MUST SEE!! MOVING BEYOND WORDS...FAR AHEAD OF THE TIMES!! A very young Sydney Potnier!

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(1942 release...Director: Michael Curtiz)
Romance, true love, difficult, war-torn love....Rick & Ilsa meet again...in Casablanca...in Rick's lounge. Morrocco is neutral during WW II though the French police cooperate a little too fully with the German Third Reich! This movie has everything....even some twists of humor. Bogart, Bergman, Peter Lorrie & patriot Victor Lazlo (played by ?) & French officer (Claude Rains) and my favorite all time lines "We'll always have Paris." and "Round up the Usual Suspects."

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Don't forget..this story is entirely set DURING WORLD WAR II...AND IS ONE OF THE BEST FILMS EVER MADE!! This movie was Woody Allen's character's obsession in Woody Allen's film, "Play It Again Sam!"

2006 Release suspense thriller (Director: Wayne Kramer succeessfully keeps us in suspense from beginning to end!!!) Script and performances do not disappoint! Extremely violent yet human! Such passionate performances!! Karel Roden gives an amazing performance as a violent alcoholic Russian linked mob figure. WHEEWW!! [VIDEO CLIP BELOW!!]

(May, 2005 Director: Mick Davis) WONDERFUL THOUGH TRAGIC!! Do you love the Renaissance? Art? This is a story of a cubist painter during the time of Picasso! It portrays the alcolism & poverty of those dedicated to their Art. This is a rare performance by Andy Garcia and an impeccable portrait of the life and times of a bygone era. Don't miss this one!! Deals with the real issues of life, poverty, alcoholism...harsh ending...NOT a "chick: flick!

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(Dec. 2000 Director Gus Van Sant) Wonderful story of recluse professeur (Sean Connery) reaching a student and developing friendship .......

(May 2004 Director Wolfgang Peterson) Well, certainly Brad Pitt's (Achilles of Legend) finest movie. Proof that talent and looks are not the same thing indeed!! Go Brad!! And all over German born Diane Kruger's youth & beauty (She is simply Angelic in this movie!!) Did I mention the spectacular performance by Brian Cox? Orlando Bloom? Eric Bana?Tender, riveting, historically passionate & performances by the finest actors includining Peter O'Toole and Brian Cox (The Bourne Identity, Long Kiss Goodnight) as Kings...did you know who played Hector? (Eric Bana) the Trojan horse legend (and of course love.....)

(Nov. 2004 Director: John Turtletaub) Just saw this...and loved it! Lots of Nicholas Cage high energy & humor charges a racing plot.....themed around the quest for a treasure hunt based on clues in the Declaration of Independence...the plot thickens, shall we say?? Oohhhhh! Thrills, opens with a memorable childhood recollection of Benjamin Gates (Cage) as a youngster spying in the attic & followed by his superb gran-pere (none other than Christopher Plummer)....Even Harvey Keitel's talents are featured as the FBI head agent leading the investigation of Gates alias Woods & did I pay an honorable mention to Cage's wiley father (Jon Voight)?? ........This film also pays its tributes to our historical foun

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ding fathers..5 stars for great editing & fun thrown into the tense suspense & action of this treasure-hunter thriller!!
NO, IT IS NOT RELATED BUT HERE IS A TOAST TO THE LEGENDS INGRID BERMAR & HUMPHREY BOGART!!

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(Nov. 2006 Director: Martin Campbell) In a word "ACTION" Set in first Uganda..where this new James Bond catches the scent of a major operative... which leads him to Miami, FL & the unveiling of a new super jet (which it seems is a target of terrorists)..Bond goes off the radar (much to M's chagrin) Wonderfully edited by Stuart Baird, the film showcases the new Daniel Crag as almost a cross between Robert Conrad (Wild Wild West) Russian Uri (Secret Agent Man) & Robert Patrick (Terminator II the liquid terminator)..except Craig is steely eyed....Craig (as Bond) runs without tiring...his first chases he is following an Afrikan who flees Bond litterally bouncing from building to building as if he were Spiderman..or as if he had Flubber shoes!!

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My favorite line from this movie, "In the old days if an agent did something so stupid, he would have the decency to defect! Christ, I do miss the Cold War!" by M. So far looks terrific! Great face this guy! (Daniel Craig) Simply timneless performances by M (aka Judy Dench) whom I love everything she does! "Je manque vraiment ainsi la Guerre froide" ["I do so miss the Cold War!" by "M".] Making the popcorn for this one on a Saturday night? Invite a crowd! It is a crowd pleaser! Plot tiwists and turns and twists back again--manages to keep the viewer guessing & spellbound!

Someone here on Flixster asked me this, (but I am sorry I cannot remember who) "Who played Le Chiffre's girlfriend in Casino Royale (the new James Bond movie)?? " I cannot remmember...I am sure that the actress was Ivana Milicevic (whose photo I found on flixster--see below)...only she was blonde in that movie...o else Caterina Murino (whose photo I could NOT find!)...plus I think Caterina would have played a bigger role than Le Chiffre's girl friend did..

Ivana Milicevic

(Sept. 2003 Director: Sofia Coppola) I LOVED Scarlet Johansen & Bill Murray together!! Dead pan? Have you never spent a week across the country in the madness of a convention? or or been to Toyko? [ I have not..but know those who have) Both Scarlett & Bill are stuck for about 1 week in Toyko, Japan..Bill to make a Japanese Whiskey commercial...Scartlett travelling with her photographer new husband who is rarely available encounters Bill Murray and quickly develops a friendship. There is a kinship between these 2 due to perhaps being displaced in Japan?

Whatever the reason the chemistry is warm and friendly. Despite their age difference, these 2 have quite a bit in common. (to be continued

ALSO MUST SEE THE LOST CITY to truly appreciate the talents of (Bill Murray) this now classic funny man (former Saturday Night Live regular!!)...and of course Andy Garcia

Though I am a Buddhist and not on a personal vendetta, I think BOTH of the storylines of this movie (the original release and this one!) warranted the "justice" exercised supernaturally in this incredible artsy violence film!!! "It can't rain all the time!" is an (is the word alleghory??)...sort of reflects how life in this drug & crime-filled dark, dark city always feels murky perhaps??? (more to follow in order todojustice to this incredible work!)

(Dec 2003 Director Edward Zwick) Do you like History? Martial arts? Tom Cruise? How did YOU miss this movie?!! Best of the Best!! Superb everything and incredible story line......SPANISH REVIEW HERE:
jonathannet MCT: User hasn't taken. May 17, 2007 Me Gusta mucho la cultura de los Samurai y claro las muy hermosas Katanas, por eso recomiendo altamente esta pelicula.

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2005 Lord of War (Director Andrew Niccol) & 2003 Matchstick Men i feel are BOTH MUST SEES!! I have not yet seen Ghost Rider but both these films touch the souls of "real" actually basically honest men whose perspectives are torn askew by their circumstances. They truly moved me! Wonderfully directed by Andrew Niccol, Nicholas Cage takes the lead in Lord of War (or War Lord!) as a desperate family man resourceful enough to begin an international arms trade in order to support (financially) his family--and an extravagant wife!! Touching story...great view of war-torn Liberia & other African countries in
civil war [see video clip] [Itger Flixster review in French: JohnSilver MCT: 66 (Best friends) April 7, 2007 Je vais vous avouer que je ne sais pas trop quoi en dire; excellent ou bien minable ! Alors, pour cela, je vais attendre le revisionnement pour lui accorder une note qu'il méritera ;) ! ! ! ]

One of my very true favorite movies! It might be sappy except maybe you too have realized (almost too late) who your true love was??? Como que Hugh Grant dió un personaje tan único y fuerte que no pudo deshacerse de él y siguió repitiéndolo en todos sus demás papeles. Esta película fue la que lo lanzó a la fama y también fue la que inició el "Boom" de las comedias románticas inglesas con su toque tan característico. Me gustó la relación entre amigos y aunque la historia de amor es algo predecible y típica, es poderosa y hay química entre la McDowell y Grant (pero siento que hay más entre Grant y Scott Thomas)

Not as good as Casablanca, but good take on life in a foreign land (Shaghai)! Blind official buys his dream night club and aids a lost countess terribly disgraced & down- trodden! Beautiful love story! Like the truth in this story! Great acting, dialogue and Lynn & Vanessa Redgrave as well as Ralph Fiennes and Natasha Richardson...

(Directed delighttfully by David Frankel!)Well, well, Meryl Streep is hot! amazing range! Every journalist smart girl's fantasy to land a job smack dab in the middle of high fashion....which lovely Anne Hathaway manages to do right out of college....only to have her image honed to the highest!! FUN! BRUTAL! SCATHING! YOU'LL ENJOY THIS MOVIE!! Umm ..Did I forget to say belly laughing funny!!

(Director Tony Scott, released Nov. 2001)I loved the music! Robert Redford & Brad Pitt are terrific in this movie! Keeps you guessing right up to the end--and a smattering of East German history (pre-Berlin Wall coming down) & GENERAL GREAT SPY STUFF. Brad Pitt was quite believable!

1991 Fun story of British mobs & American mobsters!! Didn't know Brad Pitt has such a long arm span?!? Vinne Jones, Jason Statham, Benecio Del Toro....Need more reason to see this movie of boxers & jewel thieves??

(April 2005 Director: Sydney Pollack) Suspense thriller set in UN and in Africa....Nicole Kidman's leading role? Afrikan interpreter for the United Nations (UN) that gets caught up in a political death threat/intrigue...Sean Penn good role as Federal Agent assigned to protect Nicole....I could relate to her role (as I have to carry or tote along textbooks everywhere.. which is how she gets mixed up in this espionage in the first palce!! She heads back to pick up her books she left in the little stage room while she interprets....) NOT predictable (despite what Yoda says down there)!! OTHERS' REVIEWS:
weshmomo MCT: 75 (Soul Mates) January 30, 2007 Un tré tré bon film...

tikopoll MCT: 60 (Friends) November 30, 2006 es muy buena esta pelicula, con una trama brillante e intensa hasta el final

Collin Farrel depicts the line, "Fortune Favors the Bold," through the eyes & sorrows of a young Prince..trememdous performances from all especially Val Kilmer (Dad King), Angelina Jolie (Mom Queen), Anthony Hopkins as Plato (what more could make this movie complete? What about Peter O'Toole as King & Eric Bana as Loyal Big Brother/Prince Hector with special accolades to Brian Cox as the brother King of the offended King of Troy

(2005 Directors: Robert Rodriguez & Comic Creator: Frank Miller) True to the comic book story. LOVED IT! It helps if you like Bruce Willis and have lived a somewhat real life...Eerie storyline but until midway thru I hardly noticed that becuz I was soo intrigued by the comic booky charaters!! Deals with psychos, stalkers, hookers, and cops in a old style cop movie way (but updated green effects? comic booky almost!) GOOD NEWS!! SEQUELS ARE IN THE WORKS!! The stars really shine on this including: Benecio del Toro Rosario Dawson, Josh Hartnett (Snow Falling on Cedars), Clive Owen (Closer, Children of Men, King Arthur)

My son's absolute favorite movie!!! A winner for all ages...love the music...can't get enough of the classics, cars, Nicholas Cage, perky young Angelina Jolie (bad girl), and that Australian talent!!! Vinnie

(2000 Director: Roland Emmerich) MY BEST PICK FOR FATHER'S DAY!!! Mel Gibson outdid himself in this story of choosing beetween saving his family (as sole parent of several children) and fighting for what you believe in (being the example that matters!. Heart-rending in parts. Gibson shows what he is made of in this film

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For anyone who has ever worked in corporate America: a lesson in harrassment, competition, excuses & technological advances & their impact! Superb performances!

Stil searching to make sure I have found my Die Hard or Brave Heart (I mean in a real man!!! I know, kind of a high standard, huh??) That's romance!! Oh la la!! but sad, sad and I'm Scottish, English & Irish (& German)

Val Kilmer was only better in Alexander the Great than in this movie!! HOT!! Hmmm film is set in 1898...which is significant because of the train..and I suppose somewhat primitive rifles. KIND OF ON AN AFRICAN-THEMED KICK Omi Pur has a great role and so does Bernard Hil. Well developed plot & I would enjoy seeing M Douglas & Val together again!! Good chemistry in this filml

Please, just in case you are NOT an enironmentalist yet, PLEASE SEE THIS MOVIE!! PUNCH@ Superb performances...even the new version of "Dr. Smith"!! LOL

I could not believe that this is a NEW movie....everyone in this movie looked 15 years younger than their LAST movie? How???? Ever been harrassed?? Really??

Futuristic scientific look at how our technology could go wrong! and what geniuses exist to try to save the planet in that event (a little reminiscent of Journey to the Center of the Earth)

What great persepective this movie puts on our picky gripes.....and then it is iCHECKMATE! and Judd Hirsch (too understated for his incredible talent!! great performance here!!) What a couple of serious hotties in this film! Check out Jeffrey Goldblum!!

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What appeal!! Beautiful vibrant animation...and true human greed story and love!!

OKAY for those of you who do NOT appreciate Bill Murray, then PLEASE WATCH THIS MOVIE!!! SIDE SPLITTING FUNNY FARCE ON SCI FI!!! Would I be giving too much away to say...watch it for also Dan Akroyd & Sigourney Weaver (pre-Alien)?!??!

(1968 Director: Gene Saks) Sadly we lost two great comedians, Jack Lemmon (Some Like it Hot, 12 Angry Men) and Walter Mattheau (Hello Dolly, Dennis the Menace, Hollywood Suite, IQ). these 2 had managed to keep the "balance of nature" they are at such polarities! Was the writing trying to portray Taurus with Libra? or was it Sagitarius with Cancer? Perhaps even Scorpio combined with Gemini? At any rate, hold onto your popcorn!! The mix of these 2 is funnier and more opposite than even Bob Hope and Bing Crosby? Peter Lorrie and Mary Poppins! Steve Martin & John Candy? The Whiz and Dune?! Oprah and Conan! Klingons and Fehringe! Director Gene Saks...round of applause please!!!

You CANNOT consider yourself a movie buff UNLESS you have seen this movie!! LOL

Well, It is Alroy's favorite movie, and I agree it's a terrific action & romance movie!!

Michael Douglas & Catherina Zeta-Jones do justice to this difficult subject political corruption in real life situations

Yeah, you guessed it! I work in legal!! LOL The beauty of the young and honest lawyer (before corrupted)!!!

Go Ewan McGregor!! WOW! What a ride!! Innocent clones (my best friend walked out on this movie!! but I;ll bring it over on my NEXT visit!!) MUST SEE!!

(1988 Director: Barry Levinson) Dustin Hoffman...what talent!!! Yes, he outshined even Tom Cruise. Stealing the stage is a feat oft pulled off by Dustin (Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Doubtfire) A plus for understanding the disabled. A role Hoffman was made for. Cruise plays an initially unconcerned brother with superb superficiality then develops genuine concern for his older "lost" brother who was institutionalized due to the possible harm Hoffman (who has autims) posed to Cruise at home! All this occurs as Cruise's character is all but disinherited except for his wealthy father's prized 1949 Buick Roadmaster. Discovering that $3 million is being held in trust for someone unknown and undisplosed in Ohio.

Maybe you had to love folk music, to TRULY appreciate this movie...but we all get older, and what a self-tribute! One of my favorite musicians...bst songwriter!!!

(1998 Director: John Carpenter) Total Raw! Bloody! Does not spare the true gore of the vampira! James Wood is superb in fighting against the evil vampire Count. Does it help if you are already a James Wood fan? Sure! LOL Bloody awful blood & guts...but James Woods does add his share of humor to this mildly "B" vamp flick!! Why admist the Vampire "Coven espect to find none other than Carey Hiroyuki- Tagawa himself (Tsunag Soon__Mortal Kombat)!

This is a complicated movie, but I know someone in real life who has the passion that Sean Penn gives his role in this movie! WOW! KNOCKOUT..OOPS OF COURSE I MEANT THE NEW VERSION!! LOVED THIS ONE TOO (JUST A LITTLE HYPER AND GREAT IMAGE OF THE 70'S!!! LOL

Wonderfully light and touching portrayal of the lives of decadence of Austrian Princess Marie Antoinette betrothed to Young Prince Louis! Young Louis XVI took the thrown of France while still in his youth. This movie touched me with its surprising depth in handling the complicated relationships! Rip Torn was amazingly wonderful as the Grandfather patriarch. I love him in every movie I have seen him in!! Tasetfully handles the ultimately sad ending these French supporters of the American Revolution faced!

Good acting by Jean Rene! Very violent film but it moved me! Intense!!

1994 Academy Award Winner (Director Edward Zwick again!!) Here is one that was required reading for me in Junior High? I found Brad Pitt believable in this role (hey, I'm also 1/16th Cherokee myself). Also related must sees: (1) "Dances With Wolves (Kevin Costner), (2) The New World (Colin Farrell is amazing in The New World), and (3) Little Big Man (Dustin Hoffman shows his funny bones again!!)

Fantastic!! Best of the 3 (but all are fantastic)...AND try the quizzes on xmen

Directed by Arthur Penn..See this one as a tribute to the late great Anne Bancroft. She was superb as teacher Anne Sullivan. Yes this was an inspiration to me when I saw it as a child. Finally I am becoming a teacher & sign language interpreter. True story of Helen Keller! SUPERB STORY AND AMAZING ACTING PERFORMANCES FROM ALL!!

(December 1967 Director Sergio Leone) Tremendous! Must See!

Keeps you in suspense....with a great soundtrack....can things end in a draw??

(Jan. 1991 Director Sheldon Lettich) One of my all-time Jean-Claude Van Damme movies....His love of his brother brings his character to America..... INCREDIBLE FIGHT SCENES...WORKS HIS WAY UP FROM STREET BRAWLS TO HIGH STAKES TO THE DEATH BATTLES!!

(July 2002 Director: Rob Bowman) Christian Bale (Batman Begins) is a most versatile actor. Here he stars as leader of survivors of Dragon uprising (yes, legendary Dragons) in London. MUST SEE TO APPRECIATE! Good combination of survival and hope.

Just love Keanu Reeves...Amazing performance in this spiritualistic aka exorcism aka fighting the afterlife aka HUH???

(Discrepancy of Release dates!! Flixsster says Oct 2005 (DVD release perhaps?) & Netflix indicates 1994) (Directors Jefferson Moore & Shane Sooter) based on the book Dinner with a Perfect Stranger by David Gregory -- a skeptical lawyer (Pamela Brumley) begins a conversation with a stranger (writer and co-director Jefferson Moore) This was a surprising movie I just saw this week for the first time. toegher with its sequel, Another Perfect Day. Dialogue (dinner) with Yesua

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(Oct 2005 Director: Noah Baumbach) Where was the aqua cutture? Perhaps I became sooo bored I missed the title reason?? I expected something marine from the title, I do not fault the actors/acting It won Sundance awards! I enjoyed watching even the painfully realizstic anguish both husband & wife felt...but (AS CRAIG S. SO APTLY PUT IT IN HIS MOVIE REVIEW BELOW, " shockingly real performances, but I couldn't grip onto the film because of these self-absorbed characters..") SELF ABSORBED! says it!! HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THE SUBJECT OF DIVORCE: I hope some of you WILL read this review...and that others of you (who do know me) will STILL continue to share your moviecomments with me?? My THOUGHTS? DIVORCE? Why? Does no 1 appreciate each other? respect family? Dad sleeps with son's girlfriend? Again why? OK I DO NOT ADVOCATE ABUSE OR STD TRANSMISSION thoughtlessly to your partner? Can you still love someone who gives you HIV? Syphillis? warts? 50% divorce rate..could 20 percent occur becuz we are delusional?Even allowing 3% for gays/bis & 2% for celebrities in the public eye, personally I have adopted the extreme policy of never date (let alone sleeping with) friends' ex-husbands, co-workers,etc I remain solo (separated from an ex-junkie & cheat for YEARS!!) YET I RESPECT MARRIAGE!! LOL I respect friendsships. Friendships remain even when relationships wane! Why can't we share our lives together? Is the our differences in values? The 60's & 70's had some GREAT LESSONS TO OFFER!!

(1998 Director: Frank Coraci)....Hmm...Henry Winkler as the "bad guy" ...a young & sensitive "coming of age" Adam Sanderl...This story has humor(dark hum,or perhaps?) but allows for real feeling!! NOT as hammy as it appears on the survace.. I was BORN IN THE HILLS...and the mom's (Kathy Bates) performance & manipulation by warnings of "the Devil" are reminiscent.....

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Absolutely hands down the MOST VIVID & CHILLING DRACULA!! (Dracula? Gary Oldham.......)

(2002 Director Robbie Henson) Good movie stars Billy Bob Thornton with a very interesting role played by Patricia Arquette. Role by William Defoe as the local Southern (Louisiana) corrupt Judge.

(2000 Director: George Tillman, Jr.) This is a true story of Carl Braesher & perhaps for that reason is in parts hard to watch (endure the racisms) And this film stars some of my favorite actos/actresses, starring Robert DeNiro as a very rough but real Solider & Cuba Gooding, jr. as the son of a poor rural dirt farmer with a wish for a better life for his son.... Navy Deep Sea Recovery (the men in the iron diving suits). The supporing cast is of equally high calibre & includes Charlize Theron as DeNiro's wealthy younger Southern belle who never gives up on him!.....Michael Rappaport & Powers Booth truly moved me in this film. Definitely a worth see...

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On mine and several friends' top list of comedy parodies!! (all of the epic tragic filems of the 1970's)

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Peter Graves & Lesley Nielssen deserved oscars.....Not to mention one of my favorite all time lines, 'I think I picked the wrong month to quit smoking, drinking......: Credit where credit is due also to Lloyd Bridges! ..and DON'T call me SHIRLEY!!

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Wonderful movie!! Jack Nicholson, Ann Margaret, Candice Bergen, even Art Garfunkel and the incredible talents of Carol Kane!!

(Dec 2006 Director: Steven Solderbergh) Well acted...Cate Blanchett (Really?) She was amazing in this role!! memorial line (hers), "You can never really get out of Berlin." Set in post-W W II Germany (1945) in East Berlin in the between the American ruled German sector and the Russian sectors Taut portrayals of a lingering mystery by George Clooney with Beau Bridges as a Commander & Dave Power wodnerfu;l in his military role. FILMED IN BLACK AND WHITE with some actual news reels from the time period. EXCELLENT BELIEVABLE!! !

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(2006 Director: Frank Marshall) Oh! I forgot to rate this wonderful movie! Did you grow up reading, Call of the Wild & White Fang (Jack London)? Other favorite sled dog novelist: Richard Kjelgaard books?

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WELL I DID! AND I LOVED THIS MOVIE!!

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(2006 Director: Frank Marshall) Here is a must see fix FOR YOU!! Paul Walker is his best cute self in this film....on an Anarctica research adventure...a true nature film ..extreme of the extreme cold temperatures!

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It is what it is! I LOVED it! [photo below super dog saves a foolish greenhorn who has fallen into the ice!

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lmao!!! Hey, Homie! If you have missed this one (Ice Cube & Chris Tucker) then you are in for a huge treat! Just hanging out describes it best! But dont' stop there! See FridayS and also Friday after next! (sequels) Especically IF you need some good laughs!!!

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(1972 Director: George Roy Hill) Worthwhile watch. Valerue Perrine is outstanding in this film setting Kurt Vonegut's talent onto the silver screen..,.the charater "Billy Pilgrim" (played by beautiful Nordic Michael Sachs) drifts in and out between times/realities..part sci fi...during War time to the present, past...and the planet Tralfamidor!! LOL!!

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Wonderful novel by the late great Kurt Vonnegut!!

(1971 Director: Robert Mulligan) One of my personal favorites! Sure it's teens away for the summer, etc. but this was not written to be an "American Pie" or merely a top dollar grossing 'GROSSOUT' flick! some real depth to this one!

Another amazing role for BOTH Robert DeNiro & Samuel L. Jackson...based on the book Rum Punch written by Elmore Leonard. [thank you for identifying this book title, JohnChristie & GaryStev!] I searched on www. goodreads.com & Quentin Tarantino (Director) wrote this screenplay. Bridget Fonda is quite the tease in this flick!! This much I remember about it (when it came out).. I watched an interview (Perhaps David Letterman?) where Quentin Tarantino made this film keeping a long ago made promise to the amazing lead actress, Pam Grier--aka a role for her!

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OKaY1 Gary S says, "Cool adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel." and I never argue technical stuff with him!!

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(1990 Director: Kevin Costner) About the best Kevin Costner film & a uniquely complimentary film about the intelligence of the Native American Indian. What a cast! There is Wes Studi & 10 Bears (as Chief) plus Mary McDonnell as the romantic female lead (Indian)..with a wonderfully artistic performance by Graham Greene whom I have more appreciation for.

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(2004 Director Robert Lieberman) Simply superb fantasy!..I had to wait paitiently over one week befrore I got to watch this (because of finishing finals this semester)...Oh Wow! AWESOME.. Can I recmmend that you watch it with the Direcotrial comments on?) Did justice (in my opinion) to the Ursula K. LeGuin book Wizard of Earthsea triolgy it is based upon. Danny Glover was wonderful; young Shawn Ashmore (Merry-LOTR) is even more adorable with a scar on this face! Little Lana (Kristin Kreuk-Smallville) makes a lovely priestess..Dreamlike quality that I enjoyed. Personally? I thought Sebastian Roche was hot as the Evil King of the G's. And kudos to the lovely talented Isabella Rosselini!

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MORE: The Director's input I listened to through the whole movie. It consisted of some movie-making tip..and also several apologies for having made this movie on a budget about 1/20th of that of Lord of the Rings! I thought this movie did NOT suffer from its adequate (though perhaps somewhat scanty budget). certainly NOT a B movie! I am not sure what movie I would compare it to?? Eragon though similiar on story line had a much clearer and simpler story line. Earthsea's director Robert Lieberman shared his loves with us the audience....for example, to be true to the author of the original story, he included several black actors & added that LeQuin would have liked to have seen more "Moors" in this book-to-screen movie. The flow felt natural to me; the story was not overdone yet kept us anticipating throughout...a kind of mystery actually but of course mainly fantasy during the times of kingdoms and dragons!

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Wonderful original flilm stars Ronny Howard as a teenager.....Great racing "chicken" scenes....Also see American Graffiti II (whole different tone...wonderful rock music history)

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(2006 Director: Christopher Nolan!) Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansen, Chrisian Bale, Michael Caine & DAVID BOWIE!! WHAT A CAST!! Watched this movie today (New Year's) in parts. It seemed kind of long but enjoyed it. I thought it was rather oriiginal. I liked the historical aspect & the setting oin likely what the late 1800"s (there was electriicity invented obviously)

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Michael Caine is a fascinating actor...Christian Bale also. Parts are a bit raw (violence) not graphic sexuality (for once!!) Based on the book by Christian Priest.

Bruce Willis' NEW flick! Gotta see it!!

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(1975 Directors: Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones) Terry Gilliam has been Monty Python's animator since its origin.....Michael Palin, John Cleese, Graham Chapman (God rest his soul) & last but certainly NOT least...Eric Idle! The British true rendiition of "As Good as it Gets" LOL

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Love this movie...even though NO it does NOT try to be Friday(s)!! The family interactions are superiorly acted. Hard not to like most of these characters...deals with family rivalry....& what holds a family together!! UPLIFTING! even though of course there are REAL LIFE PROBLEMS!! Like for example Michael Beach's character stepping out n Vanessa Willaims' character....

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(1998 Director : Stuart Baird) Just LOVE Tommy Lee Jones! He was a natural in this role.

Hmmm I have NOT seen The Fugitive either??

(1980 Director: Michael Apted) Sissy Spacek in the lead role as Loretta Lynn (country singer). Helps if you are a fan...and even if you have country roots (like me)!!Not sure whether this movie is a vote for or against abstinence...but if you can manage it..it does have its advantages I should suspect!

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Sissy Spacek proves her salt in this role...and he was soooo hard NOT to love, wild pig that he is (Tommy LeeJones)! in THIS role!! LOL Love him!

2 TRUE SOUTHERNERS!! well csst.

Story of Loreeta Lynn..

(1978 Director: Michael Cimino)

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At least 5 of my still today favorite aactors + actress Meryl Streep star!. Loved Lisa (Maaico's) review of this movie. This is one of those films that shakes you up truly--test of courage, conviction, friendship & how far out of hand CAN people let things go?!?

Great performances!! A GREAT "guy" flick in my humble opinion.....!

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Another film "must see" in this genre (post-Vietnam) might include American Graffiti II (Yes but the SEQUEL!! TRUST ME!)....i am reading the James Fenimore Cooper book currently.

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(2001 Director: Peter Chelsom) Well acted & interesting tale of a cynical psychologist who chance encounters her soul mate but who is in such denial that she purposely near jinxes it!

Must See! Cusack is phenominal. Best performance of Kate Beckinsale (Evolution).

My son has this in his top 10 movies & with the amazing supporting characters' performances I can see why. Each enlists his/her best friend in a desperate attempt to determine if in fact these 2 are "intended". Those talented "best buddies" are none other than Jeremy Piven (Rush Hour) & Molly Shannon. Eugene Levy (American Pie) co-stars in a supporting role as the Macy's salesclerk who plays a somewhat instrumental role in reuniting the pair! Hiliarious in parts! John Corbett (Dreamland, Raising Helen, Lucky, My Big Fat Greek Wedding & Sex in the City) is stunning as a world famous hip musician engaged to Beckinsale.

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Good story of talented young girl losing her brothre & following her dream (something her brother would have wanted for her)!! David Keith plays dad...plus John Corbett stars as teach.

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(2007 Director: Paul Greengrass) Thank you, Mr. Greengrass for bringing one of Robert Ludlum's best books to the screen!!I am one of Robert Ludlum's devoted fans. Loved all the others!! In a word? SUSPENSE.....Something wonderful to go and see (rELEASE DATE 08/03/07)!! YIPPEE! Loved Brian Cox (killed in the sequal tho!) & Matt Damon in the Bourne Identity & Ultimatum. This sequel is nonstop! Grabs you right up front. This director/editor whomever does this makes DAMON look like the best actor/spy around!! Great!

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(1999 Director: Brian Helgelund) Mel Gibson was such a hot & low key personality in this crime finds justice flick. Nobody ever saw him comin'!!

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(2004 Director: Mel Gibson) As my Daddy was a minister when I was a little girl, I have delayed seeing this movie...for fear of feelling too too much.....Praise God for his huge sacrifice

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I cannot BELIEVE that I have yet to see this movie! Just loved the orignal!

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Great robbery...Intense! Master mind (Clive Owen) is quite the bitch! So is Jodi Foster in this flick! Denzel Washington plays the head investigative cop...and I loved the lengths he went to to try to crack this case! AMAZING BANK ROBBERY! (not bloody) With a supporting cast like William Dafoe and Christopher Plummer..not surprising a winner!

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(1998 Director: Frank Roddham) True to the Herman Melville book..Patrick Stewart plays Captain Ahab, the lead character, portraying him as the brute that he is!! Love the seafarin' tales.

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(2005 Director: John Madden) Dazzling. Loved it! Nothing quite like the love between a Father and a daughter. .I imagine lead actress Gwynneth Paltrow had a tear in her eye missing her own recently passed away father during the making of this film...Rented this one LAST year but thinking of my own dad iwho is illl presently.My closest oldest friend lost her father at a young age. Touching film...

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(2005 Director: Bruce Paltrow) (another great music movie with a heartwarming storyline) Huey Lewis (of Huey Lewis & the News--Heartbeat of America) & Gwyneth Paltrow but also Maria Bello (Coyote Ugly) & Paul Giamatti (Sideways,The Illusionist). Another about a father and daughter..

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(2007 Directors: Eithan & Joel Coen**8 Won the Oscar tonight for BEST DIRECTORS FOR THIS FILM!!)

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This cast is amazing..including Tommy Lee JOnes!

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Here is a web link posted by "Jenny" Possom? http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/nocountryforoldmen/trailer/ Academy Award nominee

Hmmm...watched it late last Friday night and thought it entirely too dark..with the exception of Woody Harrelson as the hired "cleaner" to hit the psychopathic killer gone awry. D A R K

If you COULD get beyond the horridly bleak and inevitable deathwish of an unsuspecting "good guy" stumbling upon a terribly peculiar drug deal gone back body count (far far out in the desert) then okay. But the pace was sooo slow and the psychopath so abberhent that I fail to see any redeeming reason to have endured the slow-paced inevitable. I am hoping Tommy Lee Jones will be given a GOOD part soon!! He has much more talent that this film or Tres Mujeres he made not long ago...Scarey thought? I think I have known a couple of Bardems. That's what drugs is doing to this country....so I suppose there might be some kind of message...in an extremely dreary film.

(January 2001 DVD release)

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A very very understated role for the very talented Andy Garcia....Kevin Costner shines.......Always have liked Charles Martin Smith..can relate to him!! MUST SEE THIS!!

This was an excellent movie...drawn from the Stephen King novel.

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(2007 Director: Kevin Lima) This was a wonderful, fanciful storybook character meets modern day male (& world) MUSICAL!! wONDERFUL! [i saw in on the airplane]

(2007 Director: Michael Radford) Demi Moore & Michael Caine in the most unexpected....classic.....diamond robbery!! A true study in human nature.. Old style of film making set in London, London of the past.....I enjoyed it....definitely NOT ordinary...nice look also at fashions.styles in say 1950 or 60-ish U.K.

This movie surprised me...our neighbor was so impressed he loaned it to us (a rented movie). Passionate well edited and artistic rendition of primitives with some attempt at being true historically, including sabre tooth tigers & woooly mammoths done beautifullly. Wonderful panroramic vistas!! Definitely worth see! Tribal ties add to the flavor of the film

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(2002 Director: Randall Wallace)

(1982 Director: Richard Attenborough)Phenomenal true story of pacifist Mohandas K Gandhi. I'd give it 7 stars because of its historical accuracy as well! Long, like 4 hours I seem to remember. Ben Kingsley again! What a versatile actor who brings to life this nobleman with great heart & passion for peace for his country. The story of the family itself is amazing in itself. Gandhi's grandson tours & visited my community college 2 years ago.


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The movie Gandhi starts off with the assassination of Gandhi on January 30, 1948. He was killed because of the split of Hindus and Muslims into Pakistan and India, instead of trying to keep the country united (which was impossible at the time). The story then jumps back to Gandhi early in his life, when he is a practicing attorney. He is traveling in South Africa on a train and is thrown off because he refuses to give up his first class seat. The conductor wants him to move because he is Indian. This upsets him and he organizes a burning of the discriminatory codes. The protestors are arrested and released.

Gandhi is motivated by religious means; he believes that everyone is equal in God?s eyes. He gets involved in several movements for equality, and he stresses non-violence very strongly. The Indians are very mad because British rule continues to limit their rights. They are supposed to all get fingerprinted, and their marriage laws are invalid. Gandhi?s followers vow to fight their oppressors to the death, but he discourages them from violence. He and his wife form a sort of commune of purity. They live off of the land entirely. , , "

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December 2007 (Director: Mike Nichols) This is good movie making! Wonderful performance. Amazing performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman (Twister). I BELIEVED these characters & believed IN them. Ned Beatty stars as Defense Committee Chairman & Julia Roberts as a religious anti-communist lobbyist. Covert operations, good ol' boys & anti-communism.

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Based on a book by George Crile. The politics of defense, arms & cold war against Russia (aka Afghanistan support)

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Rating? 6 stars..11 in a scale of 1-10!! I watched this movie again and again. How many awards won? Should have taken them all!! Poetic, truthful, unflinching but considerate portrayal of how not all of us have happy choices in life!! Also adds on the impact of WW II almost destroying this cultural icon of the Geisha!!

David Guterson's bestselling novel came to the screen in 1999 through Austrailian Director Scott Hicks. Beautiful, artful and sensitive portrayal of love...and what time and war cannot do to stop true love...I would not call this a war movie (WW II in the U.S. American/Japanese during war & post-war era) Rather this touching Australian- madeto order love story is told in flash backs and involves all our senses. Pure, childhood love propels Ishmail Chambers (Ethan Hawke) son of a local independent newspaper/ publisher to unselfishly devotes his aide to the legal criminal defense of the Japanese husband of his Japanese childhood love, Hatsue Imada Miyamoto (Akira Takayama) This innocent defendant (SEE PHOTO BELOW) is beautifully defended by Max Von Sydow who plays an aging but valient defense attorney.

That might be where this story begins but it certainly captures more than sentimental appeal and a vivid courtroom drama. The heart of this story reveals a town very much prejudiced against the Japanese...during the beginning of World War II when yes some of the characters are rounded up and interred into prison camps here in the U.S.A.

Note: Some famous co-stars such as James Cromwell, Celia Weston, James Rebhorn (Prosecuting attorney).

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(August 1979. Director: Bill L. Norton) Love this sequel to American Graffitti (the classic)....I describe it as a rock collage because it puts sisde-by-side events of the time (Vietnam War, picketing, drug uses, violence) with rock music from the same time period! And shows how music DOES reflect the times!! MUST SEE!!

(2007 Director: Ridley Scott) One of Denzel Washington's best performances......Almost missed this one...but that would have been a waste...liked this like I liked "16 Blocks" (Bruce Willis). Only Russell Crowe plays the down-on-his-luck cop with a "hunch."

Based on a true story (or so people are saying) Great cast. Who WASN'T in THIS movie? I might take notice of that if in charge of the next casting call!!

Even Armando Assante starred a key role as a mob boss. Great performances.

Kind of the story of ruin of a good man (Denzel Washington) raised with mob influences in the ghetto who succombed to profit at what cost?

Every criminal has their heyday and what a heyday Harlem's own Frank Lucas had!

(1981 Director: Robert Day) this is a superior film which I just saw for the first time about 2 weeks ago. Anthony Hopkins is memorable as the Roman Saul of Tarsis turned Apostle Paul during his travels on the road to Damascus. Worth see. I should note that it has recently been shown twice on TBN (Channel 21) U.S. Christian programming.

(2004 Director: Peter Weir) Excellent seafaring tale.....touches on the story of a young lad who joins Russell Crowe's character on a voyage...almost as crusty as Moby Dick but with a bit more heart & dash,

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(1989) My son's favorite move...after Nicolas' Cage's Gone in 20 Seconds...Reba is her great self in this movie...and a very fun Kevin Bacon co0=starts are well......Plot: Discov what is creating missing persons in rural Arizona area.

(1980 Director: Irvin Kershner?) Loved this one the most of the original Star Wars Movies.. Kids..remember we waiting a long, long time for this movie to come out! Was it 4 years in between? And it is just action from beginning to end!! B R A V O @ @

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(1998) Wonderful performance by Cate Blanchett & Joseph Fiennes (I did not realize it was him who played her lover Robert until I saw the credits) I felt her pain...joys fears & disbelief at the repeated amazing betrayals she suffered. THIS version of her historical story paid more attention to HOW she became Queen and even made it the theme of the movie, I feel. I have yet to see Judith Dench's portrayal (but anxiously look forward to it as time permits).

Cate Blanchett was so genuine in this film. Her performance was RAW.

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One of the best films I have seen in many years!!

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Tough to be a nonconformist. Heavy mafia in this India village.

(1992 Director: Art Malik & Others )

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Lent to me by a good friend! think you might enjoy this look into cultures.

(2004 Director: David S. Goyer) Was just reviewing Underworld Revolution which somehow always makes me think of the Blade series. We loved this one. Great role for Wesley Snipes. Co-starring the beautiful Jessica Biel and Ryan Reynolds.The story is as fantastic as the special effects covering Vampire dons and lore! MUST SEE if you are into the whole fantasy/paranormal genre. Each movie stands alone on its own merit which is a tribute to its director.

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Lovely tale though sad of Nicholson and Freeman who meet in the Oncology Ward--2 patients living their end days/months with gusto and compiling their own individual, unique bucket lists.....Tho a most unusual pairing 2 men of different race and social status share the common link of a terminal diagnosis. the result? a most moving film I watched in the last month or 2 before my own father's passing. Memorable!!

(2007 Director: Tony Gilroy) I heard lead actor George Clooney interviewed on I think Conan O'Brien..he suffered some personal inuries in making this one. An interesting note is that his own father was a journalist, something he drew upon for his acting in this one [i THINK it was THIS MOVIE?! HUMMMM.] Personally I do so enjoy the amazing versatility of actor Tom Wilkinson (He plays a manic-depressive attorney who has gone off his medication & risks a $6 billion product liability case.. awesome acting) Hard to describe this movie other than to say, MUST SEEE! or to quote J. Laidlow aka RideroftheStorm's quote of Clayton (Clooney's) character, "I am SHIVA God of Death!" Good ending! [Review: "Full Story: http://www.imdb.com
George Clooney is already conceding Best Actor Oscar victory to Daniel Day-Lewis, claiming no one has a chance against the British star. The pair are on the shortlist for the prize at this month's ceremony, alongside Viggo Mortensen for Eastern Promises, Tommy Lee Jones for In The Valley Of Elah and Johnny Depp for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street. But Clooney has already given up hope of winning for his role in Michael Clayton - to add to his Best Supporting Academy Award for Syriana - after watching Day-Lewis in his nominated role in There Will Be Blood. He says, "If you want my honest opinion, I think it's going to be Daniel Day-Lewis. He sort of irritates all of us because he's so good. I'll tell you right now, I don't like him!" "]

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(2008 Director: Michael Patrick King) Some familar characters, such as Willie Garson & "Big" (Chris Noth-Julius Ceasar, Rough Riders). If you love the TV series, you will enjoy this movei!! Well done. Continuing saga of the FAB 4 Sexy Self-sufficient Single Sirens of NY City!! A fave!! Watch it with someone you L O V E To Quote Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) "Life doesn't always end up in fairy tales that's why you have friend to get y ou through reality."

(2007 Director: Wes Anderson) A TRUE JOY! 3 brothers go on a spiritual quest while on the way to attending their father's funeral...and seeking to visit their long lost Bohemian mother, long absent! Alan Brody, Jason Schwartzmann & Owen Wilson could NOT be 3 more different people who are brothers...travelling together in India at the behest of the eldest brother (Owen Wilson). Offbeat, low key humor with phenomenal cultural interest. Slapsticky!! Almost a cameo appearance by Natalie Portman as the passionate ex-girlfriend....in a hotel scene of the 2 together.

(1990 Directors: McTiernan & Zurrer) One of the best Spy/ underwater warfare movies ever made!! Setting is during the cold war with Russia-U.S. Great suspense!

Sean Connery seeks to defects. Alec Baldwin is his U.S. contact. Gates McFadden ("THe Dr." Star TRek The NExt Generatrion) co-stars.

(1999 Director: Mark Tarlov) Stars the lovely Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) as a young, beaiutiful cook,....magic takes over giving her confections a mystical impact!! Rented it thru Netflix......airs from time to time on network television.

(1995 Director: Michael Mann)! Ashley Judd? Didn't recognize her here! Val Kilmer? Top criminal mastermind McCauley (De Niro) faces off with Homicide Detective (Al Pacino) after pulling off the perfect crime.. .Director Michael Mann has created about the best suspense crime drama ever in HEAT.

Seeing this movie for maybe the 3rd time tonight (on Ion tv) I still could not leave it......except to simultaneously begin an online chat with my Honeypie! Still, the emotions this crime drama stirs me each time I watch it, gripping my attention & holding it right up until the suspenseful end. There are HUMAN criminals.... quite real, easy to LIKE! And their years-long bonds are humbling because of their intense loyalties, especially between Val Kilmer and McCauley. Ryder gives a tremendous performance as Kilmer's wife and mother of his son. Her loyalty is almost touching.

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The supporting cast? Jon Voigt who makes their crimes possible, researching all the little details....

On deciding on whether or not to join the NEXT heist (a bank robbery), his ex-con pal (Tommy Sizemore) says,"You know, for me, action is the juice! I'm in."

(Oct 2006 Director: Martin Scorsese) The subject is loyalties, corruption, mob life. Scorsese won his Oscar (Best Director) & this one also took Best Picture. Did I miss any other Oscars? Wonderful cast....interesting story set in Boston (good accents)....Sort of a little more fun tale of local corruption than your average mob movie. More heart in a word. Casts the wonderful Jack Nicholson as the amazing convincing Kingpen hardened yet in some ways still human!

This movie was released prior to American Gangster. I say that because these are LOCAL mob stories...(this one set in Boston).

Matt Damon & Leonard Dicaprio at some points in this film I could hardly tell apart!So I watched it again! They had distinct characters. Their acting is that intense. Martin Sheen & Mark Wahlberg were great in heading up the undercover dept.

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No matter how corrupt, friendships win in the end.....

(2009 Director: Gavin Hood) RELEASING MAY 1ST

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tHERE IS A VIDEO OF THE UPCOMING MOVIE ON THE ABOVE LINK...WITH LOTS & LOTS OF FACTS ABOUT HUGH JACKMAN!! release date: MAY 1SThttp://www.mtv.com/videos/movie-trailers/347212/x-men-origins-wolverine-trailer-sneak-peek.jhtml

(2008 Director: Michael McCarthy) In a word?--Outstanding! This low key film appealed to me on many levels. i seemed to feel what the characters were feeling and could relate alot to Walter. Perhaps U 2 have foreign friends who have touched your life? Different cultures but wonderful peoples?

Movie focuses on the life of Walter, a normal widowed college profeessor who works in CT but maintains an apartment in NYC. Perchance he befriends a street minstrel and his wife...whom someone has given them a key to his rarely used NYC apartment. Walter is veyr amiable & is drawn to this young immigrant couple which their own problems. HIs association with Tarek, an excellent drummer, and his partner enriches his own somewhat lonely and bland life. Walter comes alive learning the drums for himself with the help of Tarek.

I have so much more to say about this movie...but it is quite late...and I was deeply moved (to be continued)

(2003 Director: Peter Berg) Violent, extremely violent tale of greed & monopolizing control by Christopher Walken of a jungle community. Great showcase for The Rock... Hard to watch but truly amazing tale of endurance and tenacity. Must see for Christopher Walken's role!

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(1993 Director: Steven Spielberg) DESERVES 7 STARS!! Awesomely original...its release coincided with the real-life news story about the "found fossilized mosquito".....this film has become one of our very very favorite late night films at our house!! LOL My favorite part? Hmmmm....the Chaos theory + the flea circus inspiration of the fatherly Ingine exec whose own grandchildren's lives he risks on this amazing "amusement park" adventure (played by Richard Attenborough the Great!) Then, of course, there is my own personal heart throb, Jeffrey Goldblum (The Fly) himself! M A G I C! EVEN feminism thrown into the mix! Why even our very own Wayne Knight (Newman from Seinfeld) as the genious nephew who feels underappreciated. PLOT EQUALS HITCHCOK'S PSYCHO, in my humble opiinino.....

(1999 Director: M. Night Shyamalan) Just love Bruce Willis. This child star (Haley Joel Osment) has simply the best facial expressions to be found. toni Collette (Shaft) has the most sensitive face that could have been chosen to play this excedptional chlid's mother! MUST SEE!! Will leave you touched & your heart pounding!!

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(1990 Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau) French with English Subtitles. Depardieu is well cast alonside dreamy Vincent Perez (Queen of the Damned).

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(1974 Director: Mel Brooks) By far the best of the best of Mel Brooks. MUST SEE!!

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The cast? Well Gene Wilder at his peak with Terri Garr...the late Marty Feldman, amazingly talended Madelein Kahn and underrated Peter Boyle as the monster.

(1995 Director: James Cameron) Harry (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has been leading a double life as a computer salesman/CIA agent, only his love legal secy wife, Helen (Jamie Lee Curtis) has no clue. In fact, her dull life leads her to an affair.. That is when the story begins!

Tom Arnold (Arnold's CIA buddy) Bill Paxton (used car salesman) & even Charleton Heston (Head of CIA) & lots of laughs for a well written & acted spy thriller.

(2005 Director: Terence Maliek) A surprising story of the colonization of America. John Smith (Colin Farrell) stars.

(1984 Director: Richard Benjamin) (review to follow) I noticed Rip Torn co-stars in this one!! Ah..and do I see Richard Roundtree? Madelein Kahn?

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(1984 Director: Roger Donaldson) REMAKE OF ?Mutiny on the Bounty? written by Robert ____.

Beautiful filming?amazing oceans capes & weather footage.

Movie opens with Lt. Blye?s trial before the Naval Tribunal headed by Admiral (Sir Lawrence Olivia)

Crewmen:

1st Shipman Mr. Fryer (replaced by (Mel Gibson) because of his defiance of Capt. Blye

Deaths?Young Valentine (poor health)
Crews?s comments:

Blye: "I seem to have made a misjudgment."

1st Shipman: "You do make many sir."
?Seems to made a lot of wrong decisions.?!

" I hadn't expected this from The Horn.

Do you think the weather will stay with us?

Perhaps.

No, no but I've seen The Horn......I once seen...Someone on this ship


Blye: "Close Reef.

Mr. Fryer 1st SHipman: "Close Reef?"

BLye: " Don't argue with me. Close Reef.

"Doens't seem to like fair weather, does he?"

Mr. Fryer: I want my opinoin in the log.

(1996 Director Alan Parker)Must have to referred to this movie 5 times in the past 2 or 3 weeks. I loved it, adored it! Do YOU like Madonna? Could I please then recommend this one to you!? She is phenomenal in it! You know, she made this almost RIGHT AFTER she gave birth to her FIRST CHILD!! 5 STARS HANDS DOWN! "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina..."

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FAIR WRNING**THIS IS DEFINITELY A MUSICAL!! She plays the late wife of Argentina President Colonel Perrone, Eva Perrone, who gains the power of the throne Based on the true storry of these popular rulers in Aergentina's history. Powerful performance by Madonna. .AWESOME BUT IT IS A MUSICAL!!

(1958 Director: Cecil B DeMille) Hard to believe this timeless tale was prodcuerd in 1958. Charleton Heston will always be Moses and "Blue Eyes" (Planet of the Apes) to meThen there is the lovely Yvonne DeCarlo (Mrs. Munster)

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And let's not forget Yul Brenner, Edgar G Robinson, et cetera et cetera et cetera. EPIC

One of Kevin Costner's top 3 movies..right after The Untouchabless & Dances With Wolves...Read a disturbing review of Kevin Costner. My opinion? He is GROSSLY UNDER rated. Whitney Houston dazzles...and their chemistyr....

(1996 Director: Ron Shelton) Features Cheech Marin....a worth see...surprinsing. 2 thumbs up!

(1994 Director: Joel Schumacher) Set in the South, I found this to be an excellently written suspense film where Susan Sarandon stars as a defense attoirney who cannot turn down the pro bono defense of a young boy who has witnessed a murder suicide.

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I enjoyed Tommy Lee Jones' portrayal of a corrupt prosecuting attorney willing to risk the life of the young witness to take down the Mafhia. Susan Sarandon nominated for an Academy Award for her role here. Based on a John Grisham novel.

(1989 Director: Woody Allen) Co-stars Nartin Landau, Alan Alda & Mia Farrow. Mnother reviewer states, "...Martin Landau is a true legend and in this movie his acting is really superb. Woody is great, as are Mia Farrow and Alan Alda . This is an excellent movie."

(1995 Director: Rogert Young ) One of the better films of ancient Egyptian life & Hebrew legends, Jacob, son of Isaac son of Abraham.....(and NOT Moses!) Paul Mercurio plays the lead...alongside Sir Ben Kingsley..and Martin Landau as his Father (Jacob)...and Lesley Ann Warren (wife of Pottifer) Zapaneth Pinao, Joseph's new name as second in charge of Egypt for storing the grain in conservation for the years of famine.

Based on a true story...a highly accepted German bravely yet surresptitiously aides an underground providing hope & escape for many Jewish oppressed by the Nazis during World War II. Stars Liam Neeson alongside an amazing cast including Sir Ben Kingsley & Ralph Fiennes.

(1966 Director: Robert Wse) One of the great films starring the wonderful Steve McQueen...with Tommy Lee, Candace Bergin & the Captain (Richard Crenna) of the "Sand Pebble" U-boat. Setting 1926 China as Civil War breaks out our crew is caught up in the middle. See it for a tender young Candace Bergen or a tough performance by Richard Crenna, or for the lasting love story of Frenche & Melee.

{review to follow..to be continued}

(2005 Director: Vinko Bresan) My review? Hmmm...this film kind of repeats itself. Use of an "instant replay" but adding this to what had already been seen....finally actually put me to SLEEP!

Adapted from the novel ''Plaster Sheep," using elliptical story retellilng character by character we are shown over and over the order of events, but by a different character's recollection.......

Set in the NOT happy wartime Bosnia..A man dies. His WIDOW,Majka (played by Mirjana Karanovic) is joined by her son & his 2 fellow soldier buddies delivering the pre-buriel body to her home. Bad timing right thereafter for a neighbor to be murdered (albeit he was a Serbian smuggler & loan shark)? Or was it a suicide?

Of course, the mom and son are quite quite worried about an investigation searching for witnesses even BEFORE her husband's burial (His body had to be transported to their home by her own son + 2 fellow soldiers as was the custom up until the recent generation). What is the truth? What actually happened?

A likeable & realistic investigator named Barbir is portrayed by Drazen Kuhn). He has had a chance sexual intimacy with Novinarka (Alma Prica), whose occupation is newspaper reporter. Barbir is likeable and has a wife who has remained in a coma.

Majka explains her situation to Investigator Barbir, then the movie backs up. Now we are shown the version of events known by Barbir. Then there is a second "replay" and then a third, etc etc. Somewhat confusing albeit interesting.

Stars Leon Lucev, Alma Prica, Mirjana Karanovic, Drzen Kuhn & Kresimir Mikic.

Since there is nothing here yet on Flixster, let me please also share with you a German friend's review, "The "other" gets a good working over in WITNESSES, Vinko Bresan's Serbo-Croatian war movie/murder mystery/family drama that, by its finale, has become a moving and highly sophisticated 84 minutes of moviemaking. As you?re watching, you'll suddenly think, "Wait: I've heard that line of dialog already." And indeed you will have. Not to worry: The fractured time frame here turns a story (that I believe plays itself out in just a couple of days) into a complex mix of actions, motives and outcomes that will rivet you. There is an almost classic sense of tragedy at work here--beautifully abetted by story, cinematography, direction, writing and acting--that touches on many of the usual suspects: the pointlessness of a war that turns next door neighbors into enemies, overbearing mothers, sibling rivalry, infidelity and so much more. But Mr. Bresan's ability to weave this together in nearly seamless fashion lifts "Witnesses" into the realm of art. Here is another sterling example of top-notch international filmmaking from the Film Movement group..."

Link http://www.boston.com/movies/display?display=movie&id=8297

(2002 Director: Roman Polanski) Pure art! Loved this as a new slant on World War II films. Alan Brody is remarkable portraying a humble but talented concert pianist evading the gas chamber or confinement in concentration camp thru his contacts & inevitably by dodging bombs in nearly destroyed buildings.

I just learned that a book inspired this movie (see below)

2003 Academy Awards:
Best Actor: Adrien Brody
Best Writing Adapted Screenplay
Best Director: Roman Polanski
Best Cinematography nominee
Best Picture nominee
Best Film Editing & Best Costume Design nominee
Won 2003 BAFTA Best Film, Best Direction: Roman Polanski & Best Actor nominee: Adrien Brody
2003 Golden Globe nominations Best Motion Picture (Drama) & Best Actor in a Drama

If you like it may I recommend the French film Joyeaux Noel?(Joyeaux Noel Based on a WW I true story)

More details at: http://rogerebert.
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"...After the war, we learn, Szpilman remained in Warsaw and worked all of his life as a pianist. His autobiography was published soon after the war, but was suppressed by Communist authorities because it did not hew to the party line (some Jews were flawed and a German was kind). Republished in the 1990s, it caught Polanski's attention and resulted in this film, which refuses to turn Szpilman's survival into a triumph and records it primarily as the story of a witness who was there, saw, and remembers. .."

(1998 Director: Harold Becker...David Kelley was also an Associate Director on this one) Gripping tale of survival based on the book of the same title written by Ryne Douglas Pearson. Yet another masterful performance by Bruce Willis starring as a rogue FBI agent "blessed" by the chance assignment after a demotion to murder investigative detail with the local city police under his new police boss (Chi McBride-The Terminal, Waiting, Still Waiting, The Kid). Perhaps because of my special education background, my opinion of this film appears to be a bit higher than that given by the Flixster reviewer above & some others here. Miko Hughes is very believable playing an autistic boy age 9. Bruce Willis sensitively handles his assignment, protectively shielding this disabled child who becomes orphaned due to the intervention of the NSA. This likeable child is a savant--he has extraordinary decoding abilities and solves the "unsolvable" Mercury code one of 100 puzzles inside this drug store puzzle book. When young Simon telephones the phone # given for prize-winning decoders to call (in actuality a mysterious NSA department) , all kinds of bells and sirens go off, which is where Alec Baldwin's usual overly dramatic acting works like a charm. It is easy to dislike his strictly "by-the-book" coldness as he delegates the assassination of this child and his parents--in the interest of "national security."

(2001 Director: Mira Nair) I enjoyed this look at the custom of arranged marriages still practiced in India. The culture of India stresses the importance of arranged marriages. Learned sometthing more than I knew of the culture of India. There are some surprises in this film. The quality time spent together with the family, the personal stories of the wedding planner & the hope of finding love are a touching addition to this documentary-toned film.

(1959 Director: Fred Zinnemann) Excellent role for Audrey Hepburn who won a BAFTA award for her portrayal of Sister Luke, daughter of a famous surgeon. Sister Luke just shortly prior to the start of World War II travels to Africa and becomes the surgical nurse assisting their Surgeon (Peter Finch-who won a BAFTA Best Actor nomination) whom she meets while assigned to a convent/hospital in the Congo Republic. Sister Luke replaces a nun who contracted tuberculosis. No antibiotics yet (pre WW II) so that nun was forced to return to Belgium, a better climate to improve her chances against TB. During her stay in the Congo, Sister Luke also contracts tuberculosis, but through the support and tenderness of the Congonese and her hospital sheovercomes it. The selfless devotion of those in her Catholic Order are admirable.

This film is a snapshot of an earlier time period portrayed convincingly by all. The film received nominations in 1960 for Academy Awards for best cinematography, best sound, best writing adapted screenplay and Golden Globe nominations.

(2001 Director: Ron Howard) Ron Howard outdoes himself with this film. What a touching portrait of a brilliant mathematician's decline into schizoprenia. John Forbes Nash, Jr. (Russell Crowe) could not have been better cast for the part. His life's love (Jennifer Connelly) stands by this intense and wonderful man who suffers from massive delusions. Must See!

(2009 Director: Howard McCain)

(1988 Director: Ron Satlof) Am a big fan of Perry Mason reruns. 1988? Hmmm.... Were these movies??

(2006 Director: Hans Canosa) Tres magnifique! Entertaining film mon surprise! Tremendous treat to see it this morning....We get to follow the reunion of 2 former acquaintances who are respectively bridesmaid (Helena Bonham Carter) & bridesgroom (Aaron Eckhart), brother of the bride who works with the groom!

These 2 are wonderfully the same age, offbeat, cynical, and terribly bored by the wedding. The Director successfuly uses a split screen effect throughout much of the film--sometimes replaying scenese from these two's romantic youthful past, apparently somewhat short-lived. Felt entirely different from the use of split (doubled & sometimes triple) screens used in American Grafitti II for example. Simply LOVED the awkwardness that a dozen years passing between them made..and could totally relate to it!. Helen Bonham Carter reminds me of a friend of mine. They are both some- what wistful..Still I found them light & playful as ever...and have real chemistry.."I'm thinking about the girl I used to know sitting reading under a tree..." There remains much more sentiment than one might suspect between these 2...Thomas Lennon was entertaing as the wedding videographer.

..He used to play guitar in bed.....they should be together!! Makes me miss somebody...

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(2006 Director: Randall Miller) Frank Keane (Medium) is a somewhat shy widower who is trying to get back into circulation and on someone's advice decides to try ballroom dancing where he meets Marissa Tome who portrays a battered girlfriend who finds her calm in ballroom dancing.

(2009 Director: Steve Carr) Rented this funny filom just out on DVD.
Enjoyed the uncomfortable commonness of Kevin James portraying a humble but dedicated mall security guard. Set in NJ at alovely mall with many kiosks, James spies the lovely Jayma Mays as a potential love interest as she opens a new kiosk in the mall.

With the holiday season approaching, new hire Adam Ferrara comes on board who is trained by James. I am not going to say too much more for fear of spoling the film;s originality. ENJOY!!

(2005 Director: Marilyn Agrelo) "Sinatra--Someday..The Way You Look Tonight" just LOVE the ball room dancing craze. Gonna have to go to Arthur Murray Studios to learn/relearn ball room dances...and there are some meetups here in the Valley...Dance is movement...Liked the one with the actress from" " My Cousin Vinny", and Take the Lead with Antonio Banderas...the Netflix review I read compared this documentary to the Antonio Banderas film "Take the Lead."

My review? Imagine taking a group of 5th graders by NYC subway to a dance competition? "I see them turning into ladies and gentlemen," an instructor reflects with tear-filled eyes. Favorably showcases a free of charge 10-week after school programs for 5th grade NYC students at several NY schools, including Washington Heights & Brooklyn, many of whom are financially disad-vantaged. This documentary includes some wonderful teacher-student interaction without the hard edge of the high schoolers, which is where the resemblance to "Take The Lead" ends. "Look at your partner--don't look at me! And S-M-I-L-E!" The first dance introduced is the Merengue dance from where the students are asked? Why the Dominican Republic we learn!! TIPS for the merengue? Keep your knees down, bent. Shares some of the feelings of the 5th graders who still are a bit awkward with dance. Dance (& movement, athletics & music study) is great for the mind as well as physical health. Social interaction as well as competition is taught--thje students may enter a dance competition. Another dance introduced is the Foxtrot (described as sly, sneaky & quiet by the instructor). Yet another ballroom dance taught is The Swing (originated in U.S.A.); Rumba (Cuba), and T-A-N-G-O (Argentina--tho there are other "Tango's" I learned from Dancing with the Stars!!) Instructor encourages the students "to make believe everyone when you are doing the Tango to imitate cat moves." One of the participant shares that his Nanny has taught him & his friends the Foxtrot. Some immigrants to NYC share their stories. 2 of the children highlighted are restricted from dancing by their religious customs and instead are DJ's playing the music selections. One students shares insights into being female such as the good, "It's Hard to Be a Girl." "It's fun being 10 because when you are 10 you can play alot...." In the competition they include the song: "You Give Me Fever," Loved the final dance competition held in a primary-color painted school auditorium!!

Some links to share: /http://www.toseeka.com/subject/ballroom%2Bdance

(2007 Director: Alan Ball)

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Controversial not only politically, but sexually, racially. Seems quite a few people in this film set during President George H. Bush's administration during the Gulf War are a bit prejudiced. Touches on the tough realitiy faced by 13-year-old Jasira. ...

To try to get inside the head of a 13-yr-old girl tossed from irrational mother in denial of her molesting boyfriend across the country to Houston, Texas, to her ultra- ultraconservative status conscious father, a wealthy NASA employee, Jasira's Lebanese immigrant-turned-U.S. citizen father from beatings to repeated molestation--all searching for love or acceptance in a surreal world!!

Stars Peter Macdissi as Jasira's father & Maria Bello (as Jasira's out-of-touch, selfish mother) & Aaron Eckhart (as U.A. Army Reservist;/ sexual predator).& lovely big-eyed Summer Bishil as Jasira. Jasira says more with her eyes and facial expression than most people ever say..

Hard to watch!! Shocking? Definitely...but the character study. Does anyone remm\ember what it FEELS like to be l3??? (that was how old Anne Frank was...when she wrote her "Diary of Anne Frank") I was SO SHELTERED at 13 & that was probably a good thing!

A very pregant Toni Collette co-stars as an astute concerned neighbor who has Jasira's best interests at heart...and reaches out a neighborly hand just in the nick of time!

Adapted from "Towelhead," a novel by Alicia Erian, who is famous for her "The Brutal Language of Love: Stories) An excerpt from Alicia Erian's book "Towelhead": ""I began to think that my body was the most special thing in the world. Better than other bodies, even. Not because of the way it looked, but because of all the things it could do. All the different buttons there were to push. I wanted to find out what every single one of them was. I wanted to feel as good as possible."
? Alicia Erian (Towelhead: A Novel)

IF you like this one, you might enjoy reading the novels, "Kite Runner" or "A Thousand Splendid Suns," both written by Khaled Hosseini.

A link to the "www.zoom-in.." article on Director Ball's making of "Nothing is Private (Towelhead) http://www.zoom-in.com/film-tv/on-the-circuit/on-the-circuit-alan-ball-summer-bishil-and-peter-macdissi-towelhead?#

Director Aaron Ball when he bought the rights to the book, inevitably faced obtaining independent financing in order to produce this controversial movie. (There is community discussion included on the DVD) Director Ball debuted this film at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.

A toast! To my friends who DO NOT use the "V" word in describing this movie, P L E A S E

(2004 Director **to be added) Interesting storyline. Australian wanna be promoter hits the jackpot when contacts land him "Frank Sinatra" himself (played by Dennis Hopper).

Paradise is never what it seems (more review--to be continued).

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(2008 Director: Brad Anderson) Okay.Yeah, sure, I'm prejudiced. How so? Suspense, good suspense..it IS my favorite genre...travel mixed with suspense...and what an awesome cast. Call me old school, but Perry Mason and a good murder mystery get my brain cells firing. This is the warmest and coldest of films

Na Zdorovie! Director Anderson shows international travel by train..and Russia herself! C'est tres' double americaine (Roy & Jessie) board this train to top off a rather exhilerating "mission" trip to China with Roy's church where they have done some helpful building projects. Roy hopes to "spice up" their lives and make Jessie with this trip....quite selflessly and the trip ends up being a wake up call.

2 amazing-looking people, Spaniard Carlos Ximenez (Eduardo Noriega) and Abby Brunnell (Kate Mara) of Seattle, Washington, are 2 travelers who also board the Transsiberian train. In fact, they arrive one day into the Transsiberian trip Jessie meeting them and Carlos and Abby joining the pair right in their own sleeping car which accommodates 4, abruptly interrupting the privacy of Roy Nasar (Woody Harrelson) and Jessie Nasar (Emily Mortimer), husband and wife. Jessie is an amateur photographer and snaps photos all along the way. Fropm their arrival, the new couple & Jesse are nearly inseparable from that point forward.. Jesse does not drink tho Carlos repeatedly tries to get her to try the Russian Vodka!! There are some awesome scenes of both the countrysides & the Russian people in this stark land of contrasts. The food it would seem is spectacular, however, and at the very least (in case thrillers are not your forte) well, the Russian comraderie I found enjoyable. Roy is quite the charmer in this drama/suspense trhiller--and early on seemingly abandons Jessie, leaving her quite at the clutches of this unlikely couple in their cars. They all disboard the Transsiberian railway once they are certain Roy has been left behind. There are more turns & twists in this thriller to make it far more than a MUST SEE!.

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Roy & Jessie share with Carlos and Abbey that they seem to have trouble with their passports. So Carlos asks Roy to show him their passports (over the dinner table in the dining car of the train). Roy forks them over & we see fresh passports..brand spanking new! Carlos comments that the way not to be bothered by Customs is to "not stand out." To which Roy asks, "You mean you think we look like we are Americans?" And Carlos & Abbey almost fall to the floor!!

(12/31/09 RELEASE...Director: Vadim Perelman) LOVED the original...NEVER saw the TV series though..but am interested in seeing what would be done in a remake (new special effects, i assume?) OOOH....spooky..scheduled for a New Year's Eve release??

(2008 Director: Peter Berg) Just picked up Hancock over at local Blockbuster. This one was lighter fare than my usual recent choices! Interesting, very inter- esting storyline...drunken and down on his life Hancock (Will Smith) has superpowers and fights against the "bad guys" in his little neck of the wodds (small time stuff mainly). Public Relations man (Jason Bateman) takes an interest in him...ah...actually Hancock saves him...Hmm..had to review the credits to realize that was Charlize Theron co-starring as PR man (Jason Bateman)'s wife!! Great role for both.

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Liked this movie in a similar way to how I liked My Super Ex-Girlfriend starring Uma Thurman. Gotta see it to believe it!

(2009 Director: Patrick Tatopoulos) The saga goes back in time. Farenough back to let us see for ourselves the beginnings of the Lycans (human werewolf mix) when Vampire Lord Viktor (Bill Nighy) did not see fit to exterminate the child Lucian (Michael Sheen).. Victor's daughter, Sonja (Rhona Mitra) grew up alongside Lucian. Utimately she fell in love with Lucian (which is NOT news to those of us who have seen the first Underworld movies). But to watch this story develop was uplifting to a degree, taking into account there was heavy use of CG. Of course, the vampires just kept the Lycans around to work as slaves and protect their castle.

This sequel was long awaited and personally as a fan of the series I enjoyed it. Other actors Raze was played by kevin Grevioux.

Among those vampires on the council are Tannis (Steven Makintosh), Kevin Grevioux David Aston Elizabeth Hawthorne.

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(2009 Director: Nick Cassavetes) Stars Alex Baldwin & Jason Patrick opposite Joan Cusack (jes John's Sister) and the underrated Cameron Diaz (Gangs of NY, The Holiday My Best Friend's Wedding &Charlie's Angels) who is more versatile thatn she is often given credit!. Here she and her hubby (Jason Patric) are sue by their teenage daughter (Abigail Breslin) who wishes to become an emancipated minor.

Based on the book of the same title written by .Jodi Picoult..have you read it?

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Yummy! Judi Dench +_ Johnny Deppy = Interesting Cast!! (2000 Director: Lasse Hallstrom) This movie comes highly recommended by many! I finally rented it..I like the tone of the movie. Vienne,a young mother (Juliette Binochi) & daughter Anouk (Victoire Thivisol ) rent a store site just weeks prior to the Lent season & open the most delightful chocolate and candiy shop. The town official immediate disapproves of this lovely friendly UNMARRIED single mother in a conservative French town...I especially like that this story is augmented with narration, a female narrator.

If one does not attend the church, one is not accepted in this little town. There is a certain "magic' about this Chocolat Juliette makes so specially, perhaps a certain Maya secret--a belief in the magical properties of Cacao. The harsh, strong North wind plays a fole in the gypsy-like stirrings within the souls of so many in this film.

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(Ootober 2004)Director Alexander Payne makes a remarkable film here!! Best friends (Paul Giamatti & Thomas Hayden Church) adventure "road trip" film ever!! Romantic...two buddies tour winery side Southern California as a Bachelor's Party...and experience quite the side splitting adventures!! Touching, gentle, romantic, raw!! LOVED IT!! These 2 guys could NOT be more opposities! LOL

Sandra Oh (Grey's Anatomy) co-stars as a love interest of Jack's whom he keeps in the dark as to his upcoming marriage.


IF YOU LOVED THIS ONE, THEN SEE APRES VOUS!! Frank Jr's review (in French)
frankjr19 MCT: 59 (Friends) April 19, 2007 ''C'est vrai que c'est bon quand même. Sauf que ça risque de cesser d'être bon dans quelques instants.'' C'est ce que j'ai pensé... Tout au long du film, jusqu'à la toute dernière minute. Sideways réussit à recréer la belle ambiance d'un voyage où deux amis prennent d'assaut la route des vendanges de la Californie. Incroyable et touchante interprétation de Paul Giamatti jouant dans un très bon film mais qui, à mon avis, contrairement à ce que d'autres pourraient penser, ne véhicule pas un message assez puissant pour faire partie de mes films favoris. Une chose est sûre, c'est que la première chose que j'ai fait après avoir écouté Sideways... C'est de m'ouvrir une bonne bouteille de vin rouge. Ahhh, jouissance. [translation: " That's true that it is good really. Except that this risks ceasing being good in some instants. " It is of what I thought... Throughout the film, until the very last minute. Sideways succeeds in recreating the nice ambience of a trip where two friends take attack the road of grape harvests of California. Unconvincing and touching interpretation of Paul Giamatti playing in a very good film but which, in my view, contrary to what others could think of, does not transport a rather powerful message to be part of my favourite films. A thing is sure, it is that the first thing that I made having listened to Sideways... It is to open me a good bottle of red wine. Ahhh, pleasure....

(1987 Director: John Hughes) When the holidays arrive and panic becomes chaos, I have begun a personal private tradition of pulling out this movie!! i HAVE never seen a funnier movie which builds...until you are belly laughing almost on the floor......

(2008 Director: John Patrick Shanley) Lots & lots of use of foreshadowing in this movie which might actually escape you it is so obvious! Film gets its title from one of the more memorable sermons preached by Padre Flynn (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) The styles of the Principal of St. Nicholas School, Sister Aloysius Beaviiuer (Meryl Streep) is counter to the style of the newish Padre whose sermons are presented complete with some Irish voicing set to a story of Father O'Rourke.

Set in 1966, "the year after JFK's assassination," the conversative times are reflected in both the uniforms worn by the students at the Parochial middle school as well as the floor length garb worn by the nuns. Just a reminder for the youth here on Flixster, that the 1960's was when legislation was passed against segregation and forcing "school busing" to create school racial integration. A very innocent Sister James new to St. Nicholas School is appointed to teach 8th grade social studies and is passionately portrayed by Amy Adams (Enchanted). Written on the blackboard is the infamous quotation, "There is nothing to fear except fear itse.fl" Sister James is being mentored by the tough, experienced Principal SIster Beauvier (Meryl Streep) who instills fear in her students. Sister James is in turmoil over whether or not to share with her Mother Superior an incident which occured the prior week. Sister Beauvier is stern, even confiscating one ofthe student's new transistor radio he was listening to in class.

Sister Beauvier was once married to an Italian who was killed in "the War." she relates to the parent of Donald, one of the newer students at the Parish who is removed as altar boy for drinking "altar wine." The occurrence arouses the full suspicions of the Director who is relentless and should think of becoming a detective!!

Sister Beauvier: "Que pasa en la rectoria?"

Padre Flynn: "No pasa nada"" The dialogue of these 3 spiritual leaders shifts to address the suspicions of young Sister James relating to their one black student, Donald (Joseph Foster).

Love both leads, Philip Seymour Hoffman & Meryl Streep who play cat and mouse in this duel of wits.... Subject matter? Suspicion. Is their abuse?

During their seemingly light interchange Padre Flynn gets a sermon inspiration which Streep presses him for the subject of. He shares it is "intolerance.:" Father Flynn interjects a discussion about the Church needing to play a larger role during "these times."

Father Flynn: "IIt's a new time."

Sis Beauvier: "What's new about it?"

Flynn: The church needs to change.

Beauvier:

Flynn: "We should take the children out...

But we are not members of their family? We are different.

Why? Because of our vows?

Precisely.

And they think we are different. The working class parents of our Parish trust us to be different.

I think you are getting off the subject.

The Christmas pagent. We must be careful how Donald Miller is used.

What about Donald Miller?

We must be care that we neither hide Donald Miller nor put him forward.

Because of the color of his skin?

That's right...."

The point being?

Flynn: We should be friendlier.

Beauvier: But we are not family.. We are different.

Flynn: Why? Because of our vows?

Sleuth Sista' Streep bristles at her certainty of Padre Flynn's misconduct in every fiber of her being Sister James thinks her suspicions are unwarranted and relate more to his preferences for ball point pens, 3 lumps of sugar in his tea not to mention the Father's suggestion of a secular song being added to the annual Christmas pageant they are planning together......

The working class of our parish trust us to be different.

Que pasa en la rectoria?"No pasa nada."

"?Y bien?"

"Por su puesto."

Yo estoy convencia."

Yo lo tumblare."

"Look at that you blew out my light, In ancient Sparta important matters were decided by who shouted loudest. Fortunately we are not in anciient Sparta. Now sit down!"

This transplanted Midwesterner remembers the winds and sounds of the Fall season. A recurring gale force strong wind blows throughout the course of the days the period of several weeks in which this film is set. Even one of the lights in the ceiling of Principal Beauvier's office repeatedly blows out at key moments of dialogue no less!!

In my Top 10 funniest movies (perhaps ever)! (1993 Director: Donald Petrie) The odd couple do it again--now as older set in their ways yet still likable men! Such a pairing, Walter Matteau (Hello Dolly, Hollywood Suite) & Jack Lemmon (The Fortune Cookie) + Ann Margaret (Tommy-The Who) [shhhh don't tell anyone but I always had a secret crush on Mattheau!]

(2002 Director: Tim Story) Just LOVED this movie! (more to follow)

(2002 Director: Steven Spielberg) Tom Cruise outdid himself in this movie and The War of the Worlds!!! MUST SEE!! Shhh! Don't give away the ending!! This is an incredible suspense film...and a rare peak into the human psyche...

Read on at risk of spoiling the movie (if you have NOT seen it!) Max vonSydow seems to be in a lot of my very most favorite movies. He seems to have an eye for those films which take us right up the edge & force us to face our mortality head on! BRAVO!

This film is stunning and on my "Must See" list because:
a) Incredible acting
b) Futuristic look at our pious & better than thou attitude biting us in the butt!
c) Yet another reminder that human nature will remain human nature EVEN
in the future AS it is in the present and was in the past!
d) somehow we think we can outthink ourselves??!#@

This film takes us into some awesome mental/psyche levels of thought as do the following films which I consider also before their time:

Movie Recommendation Issue(s) Dealt With

Equillibrium ( A society medicated?? )
Planet of the Apes (the original) (Time Travel/Evolution)
A Sound of Thunder (short story by (Time Travel--Will we outdo ourselves thru our scientific endeavors??)
Ray Bradbury turned into a movie)
The Butterfly Effect (Delves into the mind's workings)
The 6th Day
The Matrix (How far is too far? Trust?)
Blindness (Human Nature/Disaster-biological/Preparedness)
The Island (Future Science-Cloning, Trust?)
Wall-E (Ecology/Health)
Lost in Space (Ecology)
Dune (Intergalactic war over ?)

Perhaps it is not clear what each of these movies + Minority Report have in common? They have a theme of either futuristic or no foresight or reaping the results of our gluttony + failure to plan ahead!! FEEL FREE TO ADD YOUR OWN FAVORITES TO THIS LIST I'M STARTING!!

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(1995 Director: Lawrence Kasdan) Poor Charlie (Tim Hoffman) has his breath taken away by a French princess.--in Paris of course! Back in Canada his fiance (Meg Ryan) cannot accept it--the news he gives her over the telephone that he fell in love with a woman, hmmm...was it the first or the second day he was in Paris?

Silly girl, she follows him to gay Paris (despite her insane phobia of travelling by air)...and and and...I just loved Kevin Kline in this role..His French accent and manner is an aphrodesiac...Too bad he is a scoundrel and a smuggler using Meg. But then there is the amazing actor Jean Reno (Jean-Claude in this move), a French detective who has a soft spot for Kevin that goes way way back--to when he saved his life...

Meg Ryan shares "Did you know there were 452 different processes of cheese in this country?" Poor thing. The 1st time she tried mary jane she was arrested--and has a felony on her American record...which haunts her when her passport is stolen along with her bags upon arriving..

SPOILER ALERT...Luc has such pity for poor jilted Meg Ryan it causes him to unknown to himself to fall deply in love Meg, the lactose intolerant and hopelessly ill equipped to "live" her life nonAmerican/non-Canadian with such a lack of good karma she cannot even tell a lie!...eventually turning his back on his scoundrel ways & reforming from his life of crime AFTER ONE KISS FROM MEG RYAN.

Years ago I was told I have Meg Ryan's eyes--just her eyes. Hmm ya know, I think I have also been given Bette Davis eyes too! In her role in this movie, Meg truly reminds me of myself...at about age 20-something.. Like, for instance, one day I woke up to the reality that there was in fact more to life than sex!@
OK Don't say it! Yes, I;m blonde!

(1999 Director: Troy Duffy) Don't spare the blood and guts!! Setting: Boston. Movie opens with a traffic cop pulling over a limo in a routine traffic stop--something which pisses off the Mob boss passenger. After a short while the cop returns and blows them all away clean. He doesn't stop there.

Two Irish Catholic boys go on vengeance sprees against the Mafia. A third awkward duck (David Della Rocco) joins them. (Willem Dafoe (Green Goblin--Superman) is the lead detective trying to figure out the opening murder & many successive murders. He becomes obsessed with the crimes & there are some almost surrealistic dramatic scenes over this.

Great cast! Interesting! Billy Connolly in a very surprise role! Guess I should thank our own Channel 5 for showing it today (Saturday) evening. JUST IN TIME FOR THE SEQUEL coming out soon. Based on a true story??

(Director: Mike Newell) (To be releasted Summer 2010) REVIEWS...Sir Ben Kingsley and Alfred Molina co-star...New Bond Girl Proud of Her 'Little Oddity'
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Bond girls have long been exceptional women. From Ursula Andress to Halle Berry, they have each embodied the feminine ideal of their particular time. Gemma Arterton, the statuesque stunner who plays Agent Fields in next month's Quantum of Solace, has proven herself to be exceptional not only for her English Rose beauty, but also because she was born with six fingers on each hand.
"It's my little oddity that I'm really proud of," she said to Esquire magazine. "It makes me different." Different indeed. The condition, called Polydactyly, occurs in 1 of every 500 births.
Don't bother looking for additional digits in the film, though. As a child, the surplus digits were "tied," which causes the boneless protrusions to fall off with time. She still bares bumpy scars where her extra appendages once were.
Earlier this year, she revealed that she was also born with a crumpled ear, which was surgically corrected in childhood. "I was born with lots of deformities," the 22-year-old actress told the British press.
Arterton, a graduate of London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art who was best known for a BBC adaptation of Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles," beat out 1,500 contenders to become the latest Bond girl. She admitted to InStyle magazine that having to kiss Daniel Craig on her first day working on the film had her "giggling left, right, and center and being really immature."
Next up for Arterton is the movie adaptation of the videogame Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, coming the summer of 2010. To see more of the genetically unusual but undeniably extraordinary future star, watch the behind-the-scenes video from "Quantum of Solace"

(2005 Director: Jim Jarmusch) Devoted fan of Bill Murray fan I rented this one when it first came out. Iimagine my surprise by its different tone, low key reflection not to mention a stellar cast. Won 2006 Independent Spirit Awards; Best Supporting Male nominee: Jeffrey Wright.

Murray plays a man reflecting on the major "loves of his life," following the opening where his girlfriend, Sherrie, just up and leaves one day, her bags packed. All Sherrie can do to respond to Bill Murray's question, "What do you want [in our lives]?" is to tell him that he doesn't even want a family. To which Don replies, "Is that WHAT you want[a family]?" Just about this time a vividly pink-colored letter has been delivered along with the other usual bills. Sherrie sees the pink envelope admidst the mail & jealously accuses Don of have another lover. Hoping for a GOOD reason to leave Don, he tries to reassure her she is the only woman in his life.

The pink letter, unsigned, announces that he is the father of a 19-year-old. Don shortly gets a call from his neighbor and best friend, Winston (Jeffrey Wright-Shaft-Shaft) & invites him over. Don brings the pink letter. Winston's wife offers him his favorite "Ethiopian" coffee. The couple are both Ethiopian & have 5 lovely children. Winston?s reaction is, ?Anyway, you are like Don Juan, yes??

Winston is fascinated by Don's vivid past and starts about researching the current whereabouts of Don?s former loves from 20 years or so ago who might be a mom of his alleged 19-year-old son [We are kept in suspense throughout. As the audience we are only shown a gloved pair of hands placing the pink letter into a mailbox]

Winston is nearly a sleuth in tracking down the women Don remembers being with with whom he might possibly have fathered a child. Winston sets up an itinerary for Don. Don unfettered quickly embarks on a trip of discovery....beginning with a warm welcome by Boda aka Lolita who welcomes Don into her & her mom?s home--dressed in all pink from pink bathrobe down to her heart shaped pink earrings & her sparkling pink-colored cell phone case. When Lolita returns to the living room stark naked, Don uncomfortable steps outside as his former flame Laura (Sharon Stone-Casino, Catwoman, Basic Instinct) drives up to her lovely home in a classic red car. Over dinner Laura asks about Don?s ?Mr. Fancypants? high-tech business success. Looking for clues the whole time?but NEVER bringing up the mysterious pink letter, Don?s conversation probes hoping to find the old manual typewriter on which the pink letter was typed.

Laura: ?Did you come all the way down here to get a typewriter, Don?
Don: "No."
Laura: "What do you want Don?"
Don: "An old friend asked me if I could get a typewriter. I just remembered it.:
Laura: ?A typewriter??
Daughter Lolita: "That?s so 20th century.?

Don stays overnight & the scene reopens to them both asleep together, Laura laying with her arm across him. All smiles Laura tells him to stay in touch.

On Don?s second stop, he visit?s another old flame Dora Anderson (Frances Conroy ) a former ?hippie chick? who is now married to her realtor husband, Ron (Christopher McDonald), who arrives shortly thereafter and invites him to stay for dinner. Over dinner they talk business & their real estate success in prefabricated homes. Hubby comments his prediction that water is destined to become as priceless as gold.

When Winston phones Don on about the second day of his journey, an already exhausted Don refers to himself as a ?stalker in a Taurus,? and asks Winston why he didn?t rent him a Porsche for his journey?

His 3rd stop is to visit Carmen, author of Animal Vernacular, by Dr Carmen Murkowski (Jessica Lange). She has a doctorate in animal behavior & works as a sort of pet psychic. Formerly she was a lawyer . Her dog named Winston died suddenly years earlier & she awakened to her new ability, which she attributes as a gift from her former pet black Labrador. Awkwardly Carmen squeezes a short visit with Don between her patients with pets. The very attractive ?passionate? Carmen rebuffs Don?s advances. His queries reveal the doctor has one 16-year-old daughter who lives in Sweden.

Don drives on, getting lost along the way. Finally Don reaches Penny (Tilda Swinton)?s very rural home where he is greeted by 2 strapping men who direct him to Penny. Don?s reception is not a warm one here. Penny is deeply upset by Don?s appearance out of the blue and a young man knocks Don out cold. He drives away once he wakes back up from the knockout punch, with more questions than he left with. However, there was a old pink typewriter on the ground outside Penny?s home.

One of his former lovers, Michelle Pepe, has since passed away & he stops by a florist shop to buy a lovely pink bouquet of flowers which he leaves on her gravestone.

70's music by Multa Astatke and endless irony makes this film work.

(2008 Director: David Fincher) Won 2 Academy awards tonight (makeup & best art direction) I want to see it to see the chemistry between Cate Blanchett & Brad Pitt (former girl/boy friends). An "adaptation" of F. Scott Fitzgerald's story....and beautifully written I might add.

2009 ACADEMY AWARDS (my observations as relates to lead character Brad Pitt). Brad Pitt received an introduction of sorts (along with the 4 other Best Actor nominees) with Anthony Hopkins acknowledging his noteworthy acting performance in this unusual film, despite the fact that he did NOT win the nomination for best actor for his performance. Anthony Hopkins is truly one of my personal role models...

Does this imply no I mean infer that Brad Pitt is among the 10 best actors currently starring in film? yes I think so!

Cat Blanchett's performance was noteworthy as well. The storyline of a child born aging in reverse poses some sticky wickets...but the tale is spun with folksy warmth and generous amounts of humour.